HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1999 376 0726RESOLUTION NO. PC- 99 -376
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, N
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK, APPROVE A NEGATIVE
DECLARATION AND ADOPT ZONING CODE AMENDMENT
99 -05 TO ADD CHAPTER 17.30, "LIGHTING
REGULATIONS" TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE
(APPLICANT: CITY OF MOORPARK.)
WHEREAS, Public Notice having been given in time, form, and
manner as required by law, the Planning Commission of the City
of Moorpark held a Public Hearing for comment on the
Environmental Negative Declaration for Zone Change 99 -05 on June
14, June 28, and July 26, 1999.
WHEREAS, at its public hearings on the Negative Declaration
and Project, the Planning Commission took testimony from all
those wishing to testify on the project, closed the public
hearing on the project and the Negative Declaration on July 26,
1999, and reached its decision on July 26, 1999;
�^ NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY, OF
MOORPARK DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Based upon the project information presented tc
the Planning Commission, including but not limited to, the
Negative Declaration; staff reports; staff and public testimony;
the Planning Commission hereby makes the following findings:
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS:
1. The Negative Declaration for Zoning Code Amendment 99-
05 has been completed in compliance with CEQA
(Division 13 of the Public Resources Code of the State
of California) and the City's CEQA Procedures.
2. The Planning Commission has received and considered
the information contained in the Negative Declaration
and has found that the Negative Declaration adequately
addresses the environmental effects of the proposed
project.
Planning Commission Resolution No. PC -99 -376
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ZONE CHANGE FINDINGS:
1. The approval of Zone Change No. 99 -05 is consistent
with the City's General Plan AND Zoning Code.
2. Lack of proper design standards and regulations
related to lighting of projects creates unwanted glare
and impacts to adjacent properties and creates light
pollution that effects local astronomical resources.
SECTION 2. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that
the City Council adopt an ordinance to amend the City Zoning
Code by adding thereto a new chapter, Chapter 17.30, providing
regulations for the lighting of development projects within the
City of Moorpark, as shown on Attachment A.
THE ACTION WITH THE FOREGOING DIRECTION WAS APPROVED BY THE
FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: Parvin, Otto, Haller, Landis, DiCecco
�^ NAYES:
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 26' DAY OF JULY, 1999.
ATTEST:
Celia LaFleur, Secretary
ATTACHMENT "A" Zoning Code Amendment,
Chapter 17.30, "Lighting Regulations"
CHAPTER 17.30 defined elsewhere within this
Title.
LIGHTING
Sections:
17.30.010 Purpose and Intent
17.30.020 Definitions
17.30.030 Applicability
17.30.040 General requirements
17.30.050 Prohibited lighting
17.30.060 Plans Required
17.30.070 Design Standards
17.30.080 Certification /Testing
17.30.090 Exemptions
17.30.100 Enforcement
17.30.110 Non - conforming systems
17.30.010 Purpose and Intent
The purpose and intent of this
Chapter is to provide regulation
of lighting within development
projects in all zones within the
City of Moorpark.
The City recognizes that
lighting has both a practical
and aesthetic value and is an
integral portion of any
development. The City also
recognizes that improperly
installed lighting, illegal
lighting, or improperly
maintained lighting, creates
impacts upon astronomical
resources within the community
and creates conflicts and
nuisance impacts upon abutting
properties and is wasteful of
energy resources by causing
energy to be expended without
producing additional useful
light.
17.30.020 Definitions
words and terms as used in
this Chapter shall have the
meanings set forth in this
section. Words or terms not
defined herein shall have the
generally accepted meaning as
a. Abatement. The method of
reducing the degree or intensity
of pollution, nuisance or
violation.
b. Adverse Impact. The result
of a condition that creates,
imposes, aggravates, or leads to
inadequate, impractical, unsafe,
or unhealthy conditions.
C. Candlepower. Total light
output expressed in candelas.
d. Design Standards. Guidelines
defining parameters to be
followed in site, building,
landscape and lighting design.
e. Drop down lens. A light
directing diffuser or lens which
is shaped so that it lays or
falls below the horizontal plane
of the bottom of the fixture,
thus resulting in direct viewing
of the lens from above the
horizontal plane.
f. Glare. The effect produced by
lighting sufficient to cause
annoyance, discomfort, or loss
in visual performance and
visibility. For the purposes of
this chapter, glare occurs when
the luminaire (or associated
lens) of a light fixture is
directly viewable from a
location off the property that
it serves.
g. Human scale. The proportional
relationship of a particular
building, structure, or
streetscape element to human
form and function.
h. Luminaire or luminary. The
light producing element of a
light fixture. Examples are
ATTACHMENT A.
f
bulbs and tubes. Direct viewing
of luminaries of greater than
1000 lumens per fixture is
undesirable. A diffusing lens
between the bulb and the viewer
is not considered an obstruction
to the direct view of the
luminaire and for the purpose of
this chapter is considered a
secondary luminaire.
j. Nuisance. An interference
with the enjoyment and use of
property. -
k. Nuisance element. An
environmental pollutant, such as
smoke, odors, liquid wastes,
solid wastes, radiation, noise,
vibration, glare, light or heat.
1. Spillover. In practical
terms, a close relative of
glare. Spillover occurs when
the illumination intensity
outside the property boundaries
exceeds 1 foot - candle.
17.30.030 Applicability
The standards, guidelines and
procedures contained within this
Chapter shall apply ' to all
residential, commercial,
industrial, and institutional
zoned lands and projects within
the City of Moorpark.
Referenced standards and
criteria shall apply to all
specific plan areas. These
standards augment lighting
standards and regulations
contained within any adopted
specific plan, and provide
standards and criteria whenever
a specific plan does not contain
lighting standards. Where the
standards of this Chapter and
any previously adopted standard
conflict, the more restrictive
standard shall apply.
17.30.040 General
a. Lighting
development shall
to those levels
provide safety ar
the site.
Requirements
within any
be restricted
necessary to
d security to
b. Use of low intensity
lighting for aesthetic purposes
in order to enhance or accent
building features, public art,
or landscape architectural
features of a project is
encouraged. Such lighting shall
not spill over onto, or extend
beyond the project property line
to adjoining uses or public
streets.
C. All lighting systems
provided within a project shall
meet adopted uniform codes and
standards of the City.
d. All lighting system
components shall be kept in good
repair and service. Periodic
cleaning, painting and
servicing of supports, globes,
fixtures and foundations is
required. Poor maintenance
shall be considered a nuisance
condition.
e. All lighting fixtures or
elements shall be decorative
and /or compatible with the
architectural style of the
buildings within and or adjacent
to the project location.
17.30.050 Prohibited lighting
The following types of
lighting shall be prohibited
within the City of Moorpark.
a. Any outdoor lighting device
erected, installed, modified or
reconstructed without proper
plans and permit approvals.
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b. Flashing, alternating or
blinking lights, other than
traffic or hazard lights.
C. Low pressure sodium lights
d. High intensity mercury vapor
security lights (with fixture
not properly implemented to
shield direct viewing of the
luminaire or the light shaping
lens /diffuser from off the
property) in other than rural
residential or agricultural
areas.
e. Any luminaire that is viewed
directly with no intervening
lens or shielding element, other
than bare bulbs or tube
lighting, other than approved
neon lighting.
f. Drop down lighting lens or
fixtures.
17.30.060 Plans Required
All commercial, industrial
institutional, and residential
projects approved through the
Planned Development process
after the effective date of this
Chapter shall have the lighting
system and its components, to be
incorporated within that
project, approved by the City's
lighting engineer prior to
issuance of building permits for
that project. Projects approved
prior to the effective date of
this Chapter shall comply with
the provisions of this Chapter
to the extent feasible,
consistent with Section
17.30.110
Each Planned Development
application and /or building
permit application issued for
Planned Development applications
approved after the effective
date of this Chapter shall
incorporate electrical plans and
structural plans which detail
the provision of lighting
systems for exteriors of all
buildings, parking lots, loading
areas, walkways, public use
areas, public art displays,
fountains, or landscape areas.
Lighting plans shall be
prepared, signed and certified
by a civil or electrical
engineer licensed and /or
registered within the State of
California to prepare and
certify lighting system
designs /plans.
Lighting plans shall, as a
minimum, include and exhibit the
following:
a. Style, size, height and
location of any poles used to
support lighting fixtures or
electroliers.
b. Size, height and location of
any foundation systems upon
which light poles may be
erected.
C. Style, type, location and
quantity of fixtures and or
electroliers, whether pole
mounted, bollard mounted or
building mounted.
d. Number and wattage of
luminaries /bulbs /electroliers.
e. Shields, cut -off mechanisms,
or diffusers used with each
fixture.
f. Construction structural and
mounting details for all
installations.
g. All exterior lighting plans
shall be photo- metric consisting
of a point by point foot - candle
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layout based upon a 10 foot grid
center and extended to twenty
feet beyond the property line.
h. Plans shall be prepared to
scale, and shall be accompanied
by dimensioned detail sheets,
materials catalogues, and
specifications to aid in the
identification and evaluation of
proposed lighting system
components.
e. The City's lighting engineer
shall evaluate and approve all
lighting system plans and
components. Cost of the City's
lighting engineer services shall
be the responsibility of the
development permit applicant
and shall be subject to the
provisions of the_deposit fee
system of the City.
17.30.070 Design Guidelines
a. General guidelines
1. All lighting shall be
stationary and directed away
from all adjacent properties
and streets /rights -of -ways.
2. Lighting systems shall be
energy efficient.
3. Lights shall be shielded
or recessed to direct glare
and reflections within the
boundaries of the property.
4. Lighting shall be
consistent among fixtures
used throughout the project
so that single fixtures or
small groups of fixtures
shall not be of unusually
high intensity or brightness
such that hot spots are
created.
5. All lighting fixtures
shall be appropriate in
scale, intensity and height
to the use to be served.
6. All walkway lighting,
public space lighting, patio
area lighting shall be kept
to human scale. Bollard
style lighting is preferred.
7. Security lighting shall
be provided at all entrances
and exits to buildings.
8. All lighting fixtures
shall incorporate full cut-
off features such that the
luminaire is not visible and
the direct light emissions do
not extend beyond the
property line or into
adjacent public right -of -way.
9. Concrete pedestals, bases
or foundations intended for
the mounting of poles shall
be restricted in height and
bulk to that necessary to
provide adequate, safe
anchorage for poles and
fixtures, but shall in no
case exceed the heights
specified in section
17.30.070d. All concrete
pedestals shall be painted or
stucco coated to be
compatible with the project
architectural elevations, or
to blend with the landscape
areas in which they are
constructed.
10. Unshielded pack lighting
fixtures and area wide flood
lighting are prohibited.
b. Lighting Pole Height.
1.Residential. 14 feet
2.Commercial. 20 feet
3.Industrial. 25 feet
4.Institutional. 20 feet
c. Lighting Values.
1.Exterior parking areas:
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7 foot - candles maximum;
i� 1 foot candle minimum. 2. Over walkways: 8 feet
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2.Interior parking areas:
10 foot - candles minimum
3. Blue metal halide and high
pressure sodium electroliers:
400 watt maximum.
4. Fluorescent
units: 100 watts
fixture. Such unit
shielded so that
lenses are not
outside the
illuminated area.
lighting
per light
s shall be
tubes or
viewable
intended
d. Pedestals. Pedestals used to
provide ground mounting
foundations for lighting poles
and fixtures shall not exceed
six inches (6 ") in height when
placed adjacent to sidewalks,
within planters, or within
parking lots. Light fixtures
when placed in a hardscape area
shall be mounted flush with the
surrounding paving or hardscape.
e. Pole and pedestal clearances
1. Curb face: 3 feet
2. Handicap parking space or
ramp: 5 feet
3. Parking space:
side - 2 feet;
head - 3 feet
4. Trash enclosure: 3 feet
from any vehicle approach
5. Drive aisles: 3 feet
6. Edge of sidewalk: 2 feet
f. Minimum Fixture vertical
clearance.
1. over driveways /aisles:
14 feet
g. Shielding /shrouds. All
lighting fixtures shall be
designed and installed such that
no light will be emitted above
the horizontal plane. Integral
cut -off devices or shields
and /or the addition of external
shrouds of compatible
architectural design to the
buildings shall be used to limit
stray light.
h. Automatic shutoff. All
lighting systems shall be
designed to include an automatic
shutoff control with manual
override capability such that
only a minimum number of
fixtures remain on after the
closing time of the facility
which they serve. It is the
intent of this sub- section that
significant reductions in night
time light glow occur.
Reductions shall not be less
than 75% of the designed
lighting output, and /or 50% of
the energy load of the system,
or both after the hour of 10
P.M., except for approved
entertainment venues and twenty -
four hour businesses, or unless
otherwise approved by the
Director of Community
Development, upon recommendation
of the City's Lighting engineer.
17.30.080 Certification /Tooting
Each lighting plan shall be
certified to meet the standards
of this Chapter and Title, as
well as those structural and
electrical codes adopted by the
City which may apply.
The applicant's engineer shall
prepare and certify that the
plan has been prepared according
to the information contained in
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this Chapter and any design
meeting recognized standards
materials furnished by the
for such facilities
City's lighting engineer.
constructed in accordance
with a photometric plan
The City's lighting engineer
approved for these
shall review and approve the
facilities. Non - horizontal
plans and certify to their
fixtures are discouraged.
compliance with approved
standards and criteria. The
c.
Navigation beacons, aircraft
City's lighting engineer shall
warning lighting upon towers
sign all building and zoning
or similar structures, hazard
clearances necessary to issue
markers, railroad signals and
building permits for the
crossing warning devices.
implementation of the lighting
system plans.
d.
Security lighting for prison,
Prior to issuance of a final
jail facilities, medical
Certificate of Occupancy the
facilities or special care
City lighting engineer shall
facilities.
cause to be performed a
photometric field inspection of
e.
Traffic control devices.
the approved lighting system for
all development projects. The
f.
Seasonal lighting displays
inspection shall verify the
used in conjunction with
proper construction and
religious celebrations such
installation of materials within
as Christmas or Hanukkah
the approved plan, determine the
residential lights, so long
actual light patterns and values
as the glare is not
through light meter testing and
sufficient to pose safety
observation, and determine the
hazards to pedestrians and
extent of any errant lighting.
motorists, or cause
Deviations and or violations
sufficient attraction to
shall be corrected prior to the
result in creation of a
final clearance for the project.
nuisance or hazard to
vehicular traffic.
17.30.090 Exemptions
The criteria of this Chapter
g.
Temporary sale or special
shall not apply to any of the
event lighting as permitted
following:
through the issuance of
appropriate permits by the
a. One incandescent bulb of 100
City.
watts or less used in low
density residential or rural
h.
Repair or replacement of
lighting areas, provided such
individual lighting fixtures
fixture is shielded so as not
existing prior to the
to emit light above the
effective date of this
horizontal plane or beyond
Chapter, provided that the
the property line.
fixture and /or the luminaire
repaired or replaced does not
b. Athletic field lights within
exceed the intensity of the
a public park, recreation or
original lighting fixture.
school campus established
i.
Safety or security lighting
pursuant to special plans
within single family
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residential neighborhoods
recommended by Police or
special security inspections
as part of a Neighborhood
Watch program provided such
lighting shall not create a
nuisance to abutting
properties as a result of
spillover. To the extent
that the prescribed lighting
is not diminished in
effectiveness, all such
lighting shall incorporate
motion detectors, photocells
or similar devices to
activate the special light
fixtures, but shall be
provided with a manual
switching device to override
the fixture when necessary.
17.30.100 Enforcement.
It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, business,
corporation or entity to
install, replace, reconstruct or
intensify any lighting system,
for which a permit is required,
upon any commercial, industrial,
institutional or multiple family
residential property within the
City of Moorpark not in
compliance with the provisions
of this Chapter.
Violations of the provisions
of this Chapter shall be subject
to prosecution as infractions.
Violations which create
unwanted and potentially unsafe
or unhealthy conditions upon any
property, public or private,
shall be considered a public
nuisance and subject to
abatement procedures.
It shall be the responsibility
of each occupant, property
owner, Home Owners' Association,
Tenant Association, or Property
Management Association having
jurisdiction over such property
to ensure compliance with the
intent and provisions of this
Chapter to the greatest extent
feasible. Covenants and
Conditions for any Property
Association shall contain
provisions for the design,
review, approval and continued
maintenance of lighting systems
within the boundaries of such
association.
17.30.110.Non- conforming
systems.
Lighting systems, for which
valid permits have been issued,
existing upon properties within
any zone prior to the effective
date of this chapter shall be
considered legally non-
conforming. As such, normal
repair. maintenance, and
replacement with like fixtures
of these lighting systems shall
be permitted, unless otherwise
provided for within this
Chapter.
Replacement, repair or
rehabilitation of 25% or more of
the fixtures within an existing
non - conforming lighting system
within an industrial,
institutional, commercial or
multiple family residential
project, as determined by the
Director of Community
Development, shall require that
the system be brought into
conformity with the provisions
of this chapter. Lighting
fixtures within single family
developments found to create a
nuisance to abutting residences
or upon the public right -of -way,
shall be corrected in such a
manner as to remove the
nuisance.
Additions to existing non-
conforming lighting systems
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shall not be permitted except
for those which result in a
lighting system for the property
which is more conforming, with
these provisions or which reduce
the level of non - conformity.
Whenever a project site is the
subject of a Major Modification
to the approved development plan
as defined by this code, the
Major Modification application
shall incorporate a revised
lighting system plan in order to
bring the property into
conformance with this chapter.
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