The purpose of these standards is to establish comprehensive provisions for outdoor lighting within the City of Goodyear. This document intends to achieve a fair balance between safety and aesthetics, to encourage designs that provide for the proper quality and quantity of nighttime illumination, while minimizing negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods and our night sky. Proper exterior lighting design creates lighting systems that are sensitive to the surrounding neighborhoods by confining the illumination as much as possible within the boundaries of the project site. It also provides appropriate quantities and uniformity of both horizontal and vertical illumination on the site. This will involve the use of not only the appropriate fixtures and light sources, but also proper placement and operating schedules.

The City of Goodyear recognizes the intentions of the Recommended Practices and Design Guidelines put forth by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and has incorporated those recommendations into these standards. Applicants may acquire more information by obtaining copies of the most recent IESNA publications.

In order to be more responsive to the special needs of different portions of the City, a system of four different lighting “zones” has been established based upon the current and/or planned Uses and ambient brightness of the area. Each “zone” will have different development requirements and lighting restrictions. The “zone” for a particular project shall be assigned by City Planning staff during the development review process.

Depending upon the “zone” that a project site is to be located in, there will be different restrictions on the hours that the outdoor lighting may operate. Every project shall be encouraged to reduce as much as possible the amount of outdoor lighting that operates after 10:00 PM, while projects in certain lighting zones shall be required to turn off all non-security lighting (except for flagpole lighting) as follows:

Mercury Vapor light sources shall not be allowed. Searchlights and strobe/ flashing lights are not allowed in any Zone without a separate permit, and the duration of the allowed use may be limited by Planning & Zoning staff. Lasers, exposed neon, and other intense linear light sources are not allowed in Zone 1, but are allowed in Zones 2 and 3 and subject to approval and stipulations by Planning & Zoning staff during the design review process. Lasers must be aimed at-or-below the horizontal plane and terminated on an opaque surface within the project site.

ZONE 3. Pole or wall-mounted fixtures of less than or equal to 3,500 lumens may be Semi-Cutoff or Cutoff. All other pole or wall-mounted fixtures shall be Full-Cutoff. All perimeter fixtures located within 30-feet of a single-family residential property line, excluding bollards, shall possess house-side shielding, and those fixtures that will also operate after 10:00 PM shall possess external shielding to the satisfaction of Planning & Zoning staff. Bollards shall be louvered with coated lamps or of a type where the lamp is shielded and not directly visible. Wall-mounted fixtures of greater than 6,500 lumens shall possess house-side shields. Uplighting fixtures shall not exceed 6,500 lumens.

The mounting height of a fixture is to be measured from finished grade to the fixture lens or luminous opening. Pole bases shall be finished in a fashion other than exposed concrete (brushed finish, painted, etc.). No portion of any fixture that is attached to a wall that is common with another property shall be allowed to protrude above the top of the wall.

Planning & Zoning staff shall place a limitation on the on-site horizontal average illuminance for all projects, and the perimeter vertical illuminance when the site is within 150 feet of a residential property line. On-site illuminance shall be based upon a “maintained” average horizontal value at finished grade, and the perimeter illuminance shall be based upon an “initial” maximum vertical value at 6 feet above finished grade. These illuminance limitations shall be different for each lighting “zone”. The Light Loss Factor for all “initial” illuminance calculations shall be no less than 0.95. The Light Loss Factor for all “maintained” calculations shall be determined by the designer, and based upon the actual lamps selected and the projected operating conditions, to the satisfaction of Planning & Zoning staff.

In order to maximize pedestrian safety, and to help improve emergency vehicle access, City sidewalks/paths that cross driveways shall be illuminated to a maintained average of not less than 1.0 footcandles. This lighting shall operate from dusk until dawn. This requirement shall be waived if a city streetlight is located within 20 feet of the driveway. The perimeter spill light limitation shall be waived within 20 feet of a driveway.

Full-cutoff fixtures only in Zone 1. Non-cutoff fixtures are allowed in Zones 2, 3, and 4, but the fixtures must possess a diffusing lens and be located so that the sides of the canopy will block any direct view of the lens or fixtures from beyond the property lines.

Fuel canopy fixtures shall be recessed into the canopy ceiling, with a lens that is flat and flush to the ceiling. The canopy light source shall be metal halide or any other source as approved by Planning & Zoning staff. In the event that the canopy is located within 150 feet of a residential property line, the canopy fascia shall be extended to a minimum depth of 12 inches below the canopy ceiling. Exposed light sources (such as neon or fluorescent) on the canopy are not allowed. Back-lighted fascias are not allowed in lighting zones 1 and 2. Maintained average horizontal illuminance at grade under the canopy shall be calculated separately from the rest of the site and shall not exceed 20.0 footcandles in Zones 1 and 2, and shall not exceed 30.0 footcandles in Zones 3 and 4.

All fixtures are to be full-cutoff and either recessed into the canopy ceiling, or mounted so that the lowest portion of the fixture is higher than the canopy fascia. All non-security lighting is to be turned off by 10:00 PM or within 1-hour after close of business, whichever is later.

All fixtures for the ATM or teller areas shall be full-cutoff. The fixtures at drive-up canopies shall be either recessed into the canopy ceiling, or mounted so that the lowest portion of the fixture is higher than the canopy fascia. Maintained average horizontal illuminance at grade under the canopy or adjacent to the ATM shall be calculated separately from the rest of the site and shall not exceed 20.0 footcandles in Zones 1 and 2, and shall not exceed 30.0 footcandles in Zones 3 and 4.

Metal halide lighting sources are not allowed in Zones 1 and 2, and all other light sources must have a color temperature of less than or equal to 3,200K. Any facility in any Zone that is located within 150 feet of a residential property line must utilize light sources with a color temperature of less than or equal to 3,200K. All non-security lighting shall be turned off within 1-hour after the completion of the last service/event. Any fixtures located within 30 feet of a residential property line shall be included in the fixtures being turned off. All non-security outdoor lighting shall be automatically controlled by the equivalent of a 7-day timer, and programmed so that the lighting only activates on evenings when the facility is actually in use. In the event that the parking lot is sized for peak usage (holidays, etc.), control of the lighting is to be divided into “Tiers”, so that the parking lot lighting in the peak-usage areas only operates during those peak times of the year.

A minimum of 50% of the outdoor illumination shall be turned off within 1-hour after the close of business. All non-full-cutoff fixtures shall be automatically turned off at this time. All perimeter fixtures shall possess house-side shields. This Use is subject to all other applicable provisions of Article 10 except for the horizontal and vertical footcandle limitations.

Flagpole uplighting in Zone 1 shall not exceed the equivalent of two fixtures of 1,800 initial lumens each per flagpole. Uplighting in all other Zones shall not exceed the equivalent of two fixtures of 6,500 initial lumens each per flagpole. Flagpole lighting may operate all night, but is to be turned off at dusk if the flag is lowered.

All sports, path and parking lot lighting are to be illuminated in conformance with this Ordinance and the Recommended Practices prepared by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). All sports-fields shall utilize shielded luminaires from a list of manufacturers that have been pre-approved by the Planning & Zoning and Public Works departments. Luminaires on sports field poles with multiple cross-arms shall have a black exterior finish. All sport-courts shall be lighted with full-cutoff luminaires, and are to utilize “On” & “Off” push-buttons so that the lighting does not operate unless the courts are in actual use. All park luminaires shall be shielded and/or located so that no light source is directly visible from beyond the park property lines. Sports field poles are to be set-back a minimum of 50 feet from any residential property line or right-of-way. Initial vertical illuminance (spill light) shall be calculated along all park property lines at a height of 6 feet above finished grade. Automatic time-clocks or other programmable controllers are to turn off all non-security lighting at a curfew time to be determined by city staff.

Electric utility leased lighting shall not exceed a mounting height of 20.5 feet in Zone 1 and 27.5 feet in Zone 2. The light sources utilized in Zone 1 shall not exceed a color temperature of 3,500 degrees Kelvin. Planning & Zoning staff, at its discretion, may approve the use of the equivalent of a “Half-Night Photocell” instead of a 10:00 PM timed shutdown.

Exceptions to any portion of Article 10 may be granted by the Community Development Director, and subject to appeal to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council.

The outdoor lighting equipment installed at a project site (fixtures, lamps, poles, finishes, controls, etc.) and the locations thereof shall not be substituted or altered in any way from the approved plans (except for the use of alternate manufacturers already listed in the Fixture Schedule of the approved plans) without first submitting the change to Planning & Zoning staff and receiving written approval. Failure to comply with this Article can result in penalty action from the City, including a decline to issue the final Certificate of Occupancy or final Certificate of Completion until the project is brought into conformance with the approved plans, to the satisfaction of Planning & Zoning staff.

All outdoor lighting installations are subject to inspection/verification of the lighting equipment and illumination levels (adjusted for Light Loss Factors) by Planning & Zoning staff or their designee, prior to the issuance of the final Certificate of Occupancy or final Certificate of Completion. Installations that are determined by Planning and Zoning staff to not be in compliance with the approved plans shall be corrected and brought into compliance with the approved plans prior to the issuance of the final Certificate of Occupancy or final Certificate of Completion.

All other types of outdoor lighting not specifically addressed in Article 10 shall be handled by Planning & Zoning staff as a Zone 4 Special Light Area.