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2.Minimum Lighting Levels: Energy efficient lightingsystems shall be employed for all 16 exterior lighting.Minimum lighting levels, measured at a height of 5 feetabove the grade, for 17 parking facilities shall be as follows: 18 a.Covered Parking Facilities (Day): 19 i. General parking and pedestrian areas: 5foot-candles 20 ii. Ramps/corners: 10 foot-candles 21 iii. Entrances/exits: 50 foot-candles 22 iv. Stairwells: 20 foot-candles 23 b.Covered Parking Facilities (Night): 24 i. General parking and pedestrian areas: 5foot-candles 25 ii. Ramps/corners: 5 foot-candles 26 iii. Entrances/exits: 5 foot-candles 27 iv. Stairwells 20 foot-candles 28 c.Open Parking Areas: 29 i. General parking and pedestrian areas:0.9foot-candle 30 ii. Vehicle use areas:1 foot-candle 31 City Code §1019.11.I (Lighting)states the following: 32 Lighting: I. Required parking areas for six or more vehiclesshall provide an average 33 horizontal illumination between 0.4and 1.0 foot-candle. The average horizontal illumination 34 inall parking ramps shall be 1.0 foot-candle.Any illumination,whether affixed to a building 35 or otherwise, within a lot in anyresidential district, shall not be permitted to beam beyond 36 the lot lines wherein it is located. 37 Proposed Amendment 38 The discrepancy staff encountered isthat §1011.11.Erequires a minimum of .9 foot-candles in 39 general parking and pedestrian areas and a full foot-candle in vehicle use areas, while §1019.11.I 40 supports a 0.4 to 1.0 foot-candle range. 41 Staff discussed the issue with a few lighting consultants and found they preferredthe range found 42 in §1019.11.Ibecauseit supports adequate lighting for pedestrians and vehicles, whereas 43 §1011.11.Ecouldbe considered excessive, especially in the vehicle use areas near a building. 44 The requirement in §1011.11.Ecould also cause unwelcome light spillage onto other properties. 45 bold The proposed amendments are shown in andtext deletions shown in strikethrough.Note 46 that to track the proposed changes in this way, the amendments have been prepared using 47 Microsoft Word and so will not have the same formatting as any final adopted amendments to 48 the Zoning Code as developed with Adobe InDesign. 49 §1011.11.E.2.c. Open Parking Areas: 50 ,Vehicle use areas,0.4to1.0 foot- i. General parkingand pedestrian areas: 0.9 foot-candle 51 candle 52 ii. Vehicle use areas:1 foot-candle 53 PROJ-0017_Amdt21_RPCA_100114 Page 2of 3