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Article 6: Development Standards 20 <br />Section 6.11: Outdoor Lighting <br />Figure 6.11.5.B.2.f: Lighting Plan Standards, Foot - candles <br />Isolux <br />Contours <br />t� ■) j1 <br />Property Line <br />Property Line Proposed Outdoor Lighting Fixture <br />Along with location, type, and height of outdoor lighting fixtures, isolux contours must be <br />provided to demonstrate foot - candle data. Staff will be responsible for utilizing this data to <br />verify the compliance of the fixture within the provisions of the Ordinance. <br />(g) Additional information as may be required by the Planning Department in <br />order to determine compliance with this Section. <br />(h) Roadway lighting installed on state maintained roads must meet <br />ASSHTO requirements for light levels and uniformity. Roadway lighting <br />submittal requirements can be obtained in the NCDOT publication titled <br />"Policies and Procedures for Accommodating Utilities on Highway <br />Rights -of- Way ". <br />6.11.6 General Standards <br />(A) Urbanizing Areas <br />Within areas of the County designated as `urbanizing', as delineated on the Growth <br />Management Systems Map, or within Rural Community Activity Nodes, as delineated on <br />the Orange County Land Use Element Map, the maximum light level permitted along <br />common property lines shall be 0.5 foot - candles at any adjoining residential property line <br />and /or 1.0 foot - candle at any adjoining non - residential property line. <br />(B) Rural Areas <br />Within areas of the County designated as `rural', as delineated on the Growth <br />Management Systems Map, or within Rural Neighborhood or Rural Industrial Nodes, as <br />delineated on the Orange County Land Use Element Map, the maximum light level <br />permitted along common property lines shall be 0.25 foot - candles at any adjoining <br />residentially zoned property line and /or 0.5 foot - candle at any adjoining property line with <br />a non - residential land use. <br />(C) Floodlights <br />(1) All floodlights shall be installed such that the fixture shall be aimed down at least <br />45 degrees from vertical, ^r the front of the fixture is shiolrJorl si inh that no Portion <br />of the light bulb extends below the bottom edge of an external shielrt <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -71 <br />