Fair Haven City Zoning Code
§ 30-9.3D
Exhibit D.
[2002 Code § Exhibit 16.36.030D]
ILLUMINATION GUIDELINES FOR STREET, PARKING, AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS | ||||||
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A. Street Illumination | ||||||
Area Classification | ||||||
Commercial | Intermediate | Residential | ||||
Street Hierarchy | Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles |
Collector | 13 | 1.2 | 10 | 0.9 | 6 | 0.6 |
Local | 6 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
B. Parking Illumination (Open Parking Facilities) | ||||||
Illumination Objective | ||||||
Vehicular Traffic | Pedestrian Safety | Pedestrian Security | ||||
Level of Activity | Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles |
Low activity | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.8 |
Medium activity | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0.6 | 22 | 2 |
High activity | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0.9 | 43 | 4 |
C. Pedestrian Way Illumination | ||||||
Walkways and Bikeway Classification | Minimum Average Level | Average Levels for Special Pedestrian Safety | ||||
Mounting Heights 3 to 5 meters (9 to 15 feet) | Mounting Heights 5 to 10 meters (15 to 30 feet) | |||||
Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles | Lux | Footcandles | |
Sidewalks (roadside) and Type A bikeways | ||||||
Commercial areas | 10 | 0.9 | 22 | 2.0 | 43 | 4.0 |
Intermediate areas | 6 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.0 | 22 | 2.0 |
Residential Areas | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.8 |
Walkways distant from roadways and Type B bikeways | ||||||
Park walkways and bikeways | 5 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.0 |
Pedestrian tunnels | 43 | 4.0 | 54 | 5.0 | — | — |
Pedestrian overpasses | 3 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.4 | — | — |
Pedestrian stairways | 6 | 0.6 | 9 | 0.8 | — | — |
IES Lighting Handbook definitions: | |
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1. | Area Classification. |
a. | Commercial. That portion of a municipality in a business development where ordinarily there are large numbers of pedestrians during business hours. |
b. | Intermediate. That portion of a municipality often characterized by a moderately heavy nighttime pedestrian activity such as in blocks having libraries, community recreation centers, large apartment buildings or neighborhood retail stores. |
c. | Residential. A residential development, or a mixture of residential and commercial establishments, characterized by a few pedestrians at night. This definition includes areas with single-family homes, townhouses and/or small apartment buildings. |
2. | Activity Level. |
a. | High Activity. Major league athletic events, cultural or civic events, and major regional shopping centers. |
b. | Medium Activity. Fast food facilities, area shopping centers, hospital parking areas, transportation parking (airports, etc.), cultural, civic or recreational events, and residential complex parking. |
c. | Low Activity. Local merchant parking, industrial employee parking, educational facility parking. |
3. | Bikeway Classification. |
a. | Type A Bikeway. A strip within or adjacent to a public roadway or shoulder, used for bicycle travel. |
b. | Type B Bikeway. An improved strip identified for public bicycle travel and located away from a roadway or its adjacent sidewalk system. |