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r] <br />Cutoff Fixture: An outdoor lighting fixture shielded or constructed <br />in such a manner that no more than two and one half (2 1/2) <br />percent of the total light emitted by the fixture is projected <br />above the 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 diffuser lens, of a <br />luminaire. <br />Fixture: The assembly that houses the lamp or lamps and can <br />include all or some of the following parts: a housing, a <br />mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a <br />reflector or mirror, and/or a refractor or lens. <br />Flood Lamp: A form of lighting designed to direct its output in a <br />specific direction with a reflector formed from the glass <br />envelope of the lamp itself. Such lamps are so designated by <br />the manufacturers and are typically used in residential <br />outdoor area lighting. <br />Floodlight: A form of lighting designated to direct its output in a <br />diffuse, more or less specific direction, with reflecting or <br />refracting elements located external to the lamp. <br />Footcandle: (fc) The amount of light falling onto a surface <br />Full Cutoff Fixture: An outdoor lighting fixture shielded or <br />constructed in such a manner that it emits no light above the <br />horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Glare: Light emitting from a luminaire with an intensity great <br />enough to reduce a viewer's ability to see or to cause <br />annoyance, and, in extreme cases, causing momentary <br />blindness. <br />Holiday Decoration: holiday displays, decorations and greetings, <br />which relate to any federally designated holiday, legal holiday <br />or religious holiday. <br />Lamp: The source of electric light: the bulb. To be distinguished <br />from fixture and luminaire. <br />Lumen: A unit of luminous flux. One footcandle is one lumen <br />per square foot. For the purposes of this ordinance, the <br />lumen- output values shall be the INITIAL lumen output ratings <br />of a lamp. <br />