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Article 10-1 PURPOSE

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The purpose of these standards is to establish comprehensive provisions for outdoor lighting within the City of Goodyear. This document intends to achieve a fair balance between safety and aesthetics, to encourage designs that provide for the proper quality and quantity of nighttime illumination, while minimizing negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods and our night sky. Proper exterior lighting design creates lighting systems that are sensitive to the surrounding neighborhoods by confining the illumination as much as possible within the boundaries of the project site. It also provides appropriate quantities and uniformity of both horizontal and vertical illumination on the site. This will involve the use of not only the appropriate fixtures and light sources, but also proper placement and operating schedules.

The City of Goodyear recognizes the intentions of the Recommended Practices and Design Guidelines put forth by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and has incorporated those recommendations into these standards. Applicants may acquire more information by obtaining copies of the most recent IESNA publications.