3 . The use of lighting for exterior wall washing is limited for residences , condominiums and apartments as d in the following table ; the use of recessed eave lighting to achieve wall washing is preferred , and wall washing ld strive for uniform illumination distribution . The maximum average illumination limits for wall washing are : Dark colored exterior surfaces : 1.0 footcandles Light colored exterior surfaces : 0.5 footcandles Illuminance measurements of indirect light creating wall wash shall be measured with an illuminance meter feet from ground level with the meter held horizontally and touching the wall surface .
4 . Streetlights shall be high-pressure sodium or metal halide , unless otherwise determined that another type is efficient . Streetlights along residential streets shall be limited to a seventy ( 70 ) watt high-pressure sodium ( hps ) with a lumen output of six thousand four hundred ( 6,400 ). Street lights along non-residential streets or at sections shall be limited to one hundred ( 100 ) watts hps , with a lumen output of nine thousand five hundred 0 ), except that lights at major intersections on state highways shall be limited to two hundred fifty ( 250 ) watts with a lumen output of twenty-eight thousand five hundred ( 28,500 ). If a light type other than high-pressure um or metal halide is permitted , then the equivalent output shall be the limit for the other light type ( see Table 1 ).
Tables and Information Sheets . attached figures and information sheets shall be incorporated into Title 9 as guidelines for the public and the City se in enforcing this Article . The City does not endorse or discriminate against any manufacturer or company that be shown , portrayed or mentioned by the examples . Additional information is provided at the Sun Valley Planning artment .
-5 : Procedures :
All applications for design review , conditional use permits , planned unit developments , subdivision approvals , cable sign permits , or building permits shall include lighting plans showing location , type , height , lumen output , lluminance levels in order to verify that lighting conforms to the provisions of this Article . The Lighting inistrator may waive the requirement for illuminance level information only , if the Lighting Administrator finds he illuminance levels conform to this Article . For all other exterior lights which must conform to the requirements is Article , an application shall be made to the Lighting Administrator , showing location , type , height , lumen ut and illuminance levels .
The Lighting Administrator shall review any new exterior lighting or any existing exterior lighting on subject erty that is part of an application for design review , conditional use permit , planned unit development , subdivision oval , applicable sign permits or building permit , to determine whether the exterior lighting complies with the dards of this Article .
-6 : VIOLATIONS
e Lighting Administrator finds that any provision of this Article i notice by hand delivery or by certified mail , return receipt reques pant of such premises , demanding that the violation be abated wi the date of mailing of the notice . The Planning Department Staff tor to correct said violation . If the violation is not abated within t inistrator may institute actions and proceedings , either legal or eq is Article . Such actions or proceedings shall be in addition to the -4 and Title 1 , Chapter 4 of the Sun Valley Municipal Code .
TION 4 : Subsection 9-10-2 , REQUIRED INFORMATION , of C NNING AND ZONING , of the Sun Valley Municipal Code , is h graph 3 in Subsection 9-10-2 . D , to read as follows :
Specifications to be noted on the plans :
1 . Exterior surface materials .
2 . Proposed exterior color scheme ; a color board shall b the scheduled meeting .
3 . Exterior lighting plan , pursuant to Chapter 9 , Article
TION 5 . SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY . If any secti ision , regulation , sentence , clause or phrase is declared by a cou ity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the
TION 6 . CODIFICATION . The City Clerk is instructed pur icipal Code to immediately forward this ordinance to the codifier e code .
TION 7 . REPEALER CLAUSE . All City of Sun Valley O with are hereby repealed .
TION 8 . EFFECTIVE DATE . This ordinance shall be in fu age and publication as provided by law .
The Lighting Administrator shall convey in writing a recommendation whether the exterior lighting complies the standards of this Article to the Building Official , the Sun Valley Planning & Zoning Commission , or the Sun ey Mayor and City Council , as the case may be , before any review or hearing on a building permit , design review , itional use permit , planned unit development , subdivision application , or applicable sign permit .
For all other exterior lighting which must conform to the requirements of the Sun Valley Exterior Lighting nance , the Lighting Administrator shall issue a decision whether the exterior lighting complies with the standards is Article . All such decisions may be appealed to the Sun Valley Planning & Zoning Commission within thirty days of the decision .
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF S MAYOR this 15 th day of April , 2004 .
EST :
_____/ s /____________ C . Wellman , City Clerk
____/ s /_________ Jon Thorson , Mayo
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