Article 10-18 SPORTSLIGHTING FOR ALL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
All sports, path and parking lot lighting are to be illuminated in conformance with this Ordinance and the Recommended Practices prepared by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). All sports-fields shall utilize shielded luminaires from a list of manufacturers that have been pre-approved by the Planning & Zoning and Public Works departments. Luminaires on sports field poles with multiple cross-arms shall have a black exterior finish. All sport-courts shall be lighted with full-cutoff luminaires, and are to utilize “On” & “Off” push-buttons so that the lighting does not operate unless the courts are in actual use. All park luminaires shall be shielded and/or located so that no light source is directly visible from beyond the park property lines. Sports field poles are to be set-back a minimum of 50 feet from any residential property line or right-of-way. Initial vertical illuminance (spill light) shall be calculated along all park property lines at a height of 6 feet above finished grade. Automatic time-clocks or other programmable controllers are to turn off all non-security lighting at a curfew time to be determined by city staff.
ZONE 1. “Dark Sky” Neighborhood Park or School.
Sports field lighting shall not exceed 80 feet in height. Path and parking lot lighting shall not exceed 16 feet in height. Sport courts shall not exceed 25 feet in height, and all fixtures shall possess 4-sided shielding/skirting. Sportslighting shall not operate after 10:30 PM. Spill light shall not exceed 0.80 footcandles at any point along a residential property line and 2.00 footcandles along any other property line.
ZONE 2. “Standard” Neighborhood Park or Elementary/Middle School.
Sports field lighting shall not exceed 80 feet in height. Path and parking lot lighting shall not exceed 20 feet. Sport courts shall not exceed 25 feet in height. Sportslighting shall not operate after 10:30 PM. Spill light shall not exceed 1.0 footcandles at any point along a residential property line and 2.50 footcandles along any other property line.
ZONE 3. “Regional” Neighborhood Park or High School.
Sports field lighting shall not exceed 90 feet in height. Path and parking lot lighting shall not exceed 25 feet. Sport courts shall not exceed 40 feet in height. Sportslighting shall not operate after 11:00 PM. Spill light shall not exceed 1.0 footcandles at any point along a residential property line and 2.50 footcandles along any other property line.
ZONE 4. To be approved by Planning & Zoning staff.