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ATTACHMENT ONE (1) 5 <br />Ordinance Amendment with staff comments <br />6.31 <br />Outdoor Lighting Standards <br />6.31.1 <br />Purpose and Intent: <br />A. Outdoor lighting is provided for a variety of purposes to the benefit <br />of modern society. For work or recreation, it enables people to see <br />essential detail in order that they may undertake their activities at <br />night. It facilitates the safety or security of persons or property, for <br />example through lighting on roads and pathways. It may be used <br />to emphasize features of architectural or historical significance, <br />and to light parks and gardens. It is used for advertising or display <br />to promote products or services, or to call attention to commercial <br />premises by means of area lighting or signs. <br />B. It is the intent of this ordinance to preserve, protect, and enhance <br />the lawful nighttime use and enjoyment of any and all property <br />through the use of appropriate lighting practices and systems. <br />Such individual fixtures and lighting systems are designed, <br />constructed, and installed to maintain safety, security and <br />productivity, reduce glare, and curtail the degradation of the <br />nighttime visual environment in addition to promoting conservation <br />of energy. It is the intent of these regulations that lighting <br />unnecessary for safety or security be discouraged. <br />6.31.2 <br />Definitions: <br />AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and <br />Transportation Officials <br />Cutoff Fixture: An outdoor lighting fixture shielded or <br />constructed in such a manner that no more than <br />two and one half (2 '/) percent of the total light <br />emitted by the fixture is projected above the <br />horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Direct Light:: Light emitted directly from the lamp, off of the <br />reflector diffuser, or through the refractor or <br />diffuser lens, of a luminaire. <br />