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<br />6.31.8 Lighting for Vehicular Canopies <br />Areas under a vehicular canopy shall have a maximum point of horizontal <br />illuminance of twenty-four (24) maintained foot-candles (fc}. Areas outside <br />the vehicular canopy shall be regulated by Section 6.31.6. Acceptable <br />methods include one or mare of the following: <br />A. Recessed fixture incorporating a lens cover that is either recessed or <br />flush with the bottom surface {ceifing) of the vehicular canopy. <br />B. Light fixture incorporating shields, ar shielded by the edge of the <br />vehicular canopy itse{f so that light is restrained to five degrees or <br />more below the horizontal plane. <br />C. Surface mounted fixture incorporating a flat glass that provides a <br />semi-cutoff fixture or shielded light distribution. <br />D. Indirect lighting where light is beamed upward and then reflected down <br />from the underside of the vehicular canopy. Such fixtures shall be <br />- shielded such that direct illumination is focused exclusively on the <br />underside of the vehicular canopy. <br />6.31.9 Outdoor Sports Field! Outdoor Performance Area <br />A. All outdoor sports field and outdoor performance area lighting fixtures <br />shat! be equipped with a glare con#rol package (louvers, shields, or <br />similar devices). The fixtures must be aimed so that their beams are <br />directed and faN within the primary playing ar pertormance area. <br />B. The hours of operation far the lighting system for any game or event <br />shall 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 circumstances <br />prevented concluding before 11:00 p.m. <br />6,31.10 Lighting of Outdoor Display Areas <br />A. Top mounted fixtures are required for legally existing lighted signs. <br />Lighting fixtures used to externally illuminate an outdoor advertising <br />sign shall be moon#ed on the top of the sign structure. All such <br />fixtures shall comply with the shielding requirements of this Section. <br />Battoni mounted outdoor advertising shall not be used. <br />Notwithstanding this provision, the lighting or re-lighting. of a <br />nonconforming advertising sign will not be permitted if the light results <br />in the expansion. of the nonconforming use, pursuant to Article 11. <br />B. Outdoor advertising signs of the type constructed of translucent <br />materials and wholly illuminated from within do not require shielding. <br />Dark backgrounds with light lettering or symbols are preferred, to <br />minimize detrimental effects. Unless conforming to the above dark <br />background preference, total lamp wattage per sign shall not exceed <br />41 watts. <br />6.88 <br />