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Long Hill Township City Zoning Code

§ LU-153.2

Lighting Design.

a. 
Street lighting shall be of a style and number specified by the approving authority and may be required at all roadway intersections, culs-de-sac, roadway curves having a deflection angle of 45° or greater, and elsewhere as deemed necessary for safety reasons. All street lights shall have a lumen rating of 4,000.
b. 
All parking areas, driveways, walkways, building entrances, loading areas and similar locations serving multifamily residential and all nonresidential uses shall be adequately illuminated for safety and security purposes. The lighting of intersections, driveways and similar locations shall provide an average illumination of 0.6 footcandle, while all parking areas shall provide an average illumination of 0.4 footcandle. Illumination levels of other areas to be lighted shall be determined by the approving authority after due consideration of the subject application.
c. 
All outdoor lighting shall be arranged and shielded so as to minimize undesirable lighting impacts such as glare, driver distraction, unnecessary illumination and nightglow. Automatic shut-off or dimming devices shall be required for all light fixtures after 10:00 p.m., or one-half hour after the closing of any nonresidential use, whichever is earlier. Lighting serving multifamily residential uses shall be permitted throughout the night, providing said lighting does not exceed an average illumination of 0.2 footcandle.
d. 
Wall-mounted light fixtures shall be preferred over pole-mounted fixtures provided the required illumination levels can be met. When pole-mounted fixtures are required within parking areas, said poles shall be located within landscaped islands; no such pole shall be permitted to be located directly within the paved portion of a parking lot. All pole-mounted fixtures shall be set back at least two feet from the paved surface of the parking area.
e. 
No light fixture shall provide a mounting height in excess of 15 feet, as measured from the ground to top of the light fixture, or the height of the principal building, whichever is less.
f. 
The fixture style of any lighting shall be limited to traditionally-styled lantern fixtures unless otherwise specified by the approving authority.
g. 
All lighting plans shall be subject to a post-development lighting inspection by the Township Planner and/or Engineer.
h. 
The approving authority shall reserve the right to impose additional lighting requirements after due consideration of the size and type of the proposed development; the location and intensity of nearby street lighting, and the nature of surrounding land uses.