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ATTACHMENT ONE (1) 17 <br />Ordinance Amendment with staff comments <br />directed MIMEMMMA <br />Q. All fixtures must be aimed so that their beams are <br />primary and fall within the performance <br />.E. Within urbanizing areas of the QggDty the hours of <br />operation for the lighting system for any game or event shall <br />be no later than 11:00 p.m., except to conclude a scheduled <br />event that was in progress before 11:00 p.m. and <br />circumstances prevented concluding before 11:00 p.m. <br />sports within Section 6.31.6 (a) (2) of this Or(finance <br />F. Within rural areas of the County, all outdoor <br />field/outdoor performance area lighting shall be <br />extinguished by <br />event that was in progress before 10:00 P. m. A <br />circumstances prevented concluding before 00 <br />lines shall be consistent with the y. <br />within Section 11 Ordinance <br />STAFF COMMENT: Staff was not able to develop an appropriate `cap' on <br />lighting levels for sports field lighting given the diversity in available <br />fixtures and their different lighting levels. What staff has done is <br />strengthen existing regulations governing the use of such fixtures by <br />establishing more reasonable limits on their use, especially in rural areas, <br />and requiring that all sports field fixtures have glare control packages. <br />Before our Ordinance did not mandate full cutoff fixtures with glare control <br />packages. Our proposed revision indicates that if a manufacturer does <br />not have such a package then an alternative must be selected for the plan <br />to be reviewed by staff. <br />More work on this section will be necessary. Unfortunately the level of <br />revision required will not be possible until work on the Unif<ed <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) begins this fall. <br />Staff will also be asking for additional guidance from the BOCC and the <br />Planning Board on this subject. <br />