§ 24.04.410. Parking lot lighting.

All open residential parking areas designed to accommodate ten or more vehicles shall be provided with exterior lighting in accordance with other titles of this code that generally meets the following standards:

(a)

Access drives, aisles, passageways, and parking and internal circulation areas shall be illuminated with intensities of at least one-quarter of one foot-candle at the ground level during the hours of darkness. Motion detectors to restrict certain lighting to times of use may be approved if there is adequate safety and security lighting where needed.

(b)

Energy efficient lighting (high pressure sodium fixtures) shall be used.

(c)

Light bollards or similar low-level (less than ten feet in height) small-scale lighting fixtures should be used to provide a safe level of illumination for pedestrian walkways in or leading to parking areas. Their form, texture and color shall be compatible with the architectural character of the adjacent structures.

(d)

Lighting fixtures shall be shielded so as not to produce obtrusive glare on the public right of way or adjoining properties. All luminaries shall meet the most recently adopted criteria of the Illuminating Society of North American (IESNA) for "full cut off" luminaries.

(Ord. No. 3703 , § II(Exh. A), 2018)