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Footcandle: (fc) The amount of light falling onto a surface. <br />Full Cutoff Fixture: An outdoor lighting fixture shielded or constructed in such <br />a manner that it emits no light above the horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Glare: Light emitting from a luminaire with an intensity great enough to reduce <br />a viewer's ability to see or to cause annoyance, and, in extreme cases, <br />causing momentary blindness. <br />Holiday Decoration: holiday displays, decorations and greetings, which relate <br />to any federally designated holiday, legal holiday or religious holiday. <br />Lamp: The source of electric light: the bulb. To be distinguished from fixture <br />and luminaire. <br />Lumen: A u nit of I uminous f lux. O ne f oot- candle i s one lumen p er square <br />foot. For the purposes of this ordinance, the lumen- output values shall be <br />the INITIAL lumen output ratings of a lamp. <br />Luminaire: A complete lighting system that includes a lamp or lamps and a <br />fixture. <br />Semi -Cutoff Fixture: An outdoor fixture shielded or constructed in such a <br />manner that it emits no more than five (5) percent of its light above the <br />horizontal plane of the fixture, and no more than twenty (20) percent of its <br />light ten (10) degrees below the horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Upward: Projection of light above the horizontal plane. <br />6.31.3 Applicability <br />A. All outdoor lighting installed' on public or private property shall comply <br />with the outdoor lighting standards as contained in Section 6.31, <br />unless exempted in Section 6.31.4. <br />B. In the event of a conflict between the outdoor lighting standards as <br />contained in Section 6.31 and any other section of this ordinance, the <br />more stringent requirement shall apply. <br />6.31.4 Exemptions <br />The following are exempt from the provisions of the outdoor lighting <br />standards as contained in Section 6.31: <br />A. All outdoor liahtina lawfully installed prior to the effective date of the <br />outdoor lighting standards contained in Section 6.31, except the <br />replacement of mercury vapor luminaires. Mercury vapor luminaires, <br />except for single- family residences, must be replaced in conformity <br />with the Outdoor Lighting Standards upon the earlier occurrence of the <br />replacement of the fixture or the lamp. <br />6 -61 <br />