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· 281 ,gl, To have lighting fixtures and illumination levels for on-site parking consistent throughout MACARTHIJR PLACE District Center. To prevent casting glare onto adjacent lots. To prevent casting glare onto adjacent streets in such a manner as to decrease the safety of vehicular movement. ?. TO encourage lighting design that is in conformance with energy saving guidelines. Guidelines All lighting potentially visible from an adjacent street except bollard lighting less than forty two (42) inches high, shall be indirect or shall incorporate a full cut off shield type fixture. Parking areas, access drives, and internal vehicular circulation area lighting fixtures shall be a zero cutoff. The parking lot illumination level shall achieve a uniformity ratio of 3 to I (average to minimum) with a maintained average of 3.0 foot candle and a minimum of !.0 foot candle. Service area lighting shall be contained within the service yard boundaries and enclosure walls. No light spillover should occur outside the service area. The light source should not be visible from the street. Building illumination and architectural lighting shall be indirect in character. (No light source visible). Indirect wall lighting or "wall washing" overhead down lighting, or interior illumination which spills outside is encouraged. Architectural lighting should articulate and animate the particular building design as well as provide the required functional lighting for safety and clarity of pedestrian movement. 5. Pedestrian walk lighting is divided into two types of areas. Primary areas. Outdoor pedestrian use areas such as courtyard, entry way, etc. Pedestrian area lighting should achieve a foot candle mini- mum of 1, with an average illumination of .60 foot candles and a mini- mum of .18 foot candles. Secondary areas. Walk lighting where point to point lighting is acceptable with no specific illumination levels required. The main emphasis in this area should be to clearly identify the pedestrian walkway and direction of travel.