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Home My WebLink About2001-034 - Building and Site LightingBK: 5/1/01 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-034 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR BUILDING AND SITE LIGHTING BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. From time to time, the City has adopted and revised design and development standards to apply to new development within the City. B. Typically, these design and development standards are adopted by resolution, following the recommendation of the City's Planning Commission. C. The City's Planning Commission has, after a full and complete review, recommended that the City Council adopt revised design and development standards relating to building and site lighting. D. The proposed revised building and site lighting amendments consist of four separate items: (1) accent lights; (2) Code requirements; (3) design objectives; and (4) design standards. E. The Council finds that the existing building and site lighting standards are outdated, offer incomplete information and should be revised. SECTION 2. The revised building and site lighting standards attached hereto as Exhibit 1 are hereby approved and adopted as part of the City's design and development standards, and shall be made regularly available by the City's Planning and Building Agency. ADOPTED this 7th dayof May ,2001. A~TTEST: , Patricia~~ Clerk of the Council Resolution No. 2001-034 Page 1 of 2 COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Aye McGuigan Aye Alvarez Aye Bist Aye Christy Aye Franklin Aye Solorio Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney ~hief ,Assistant City Attomey CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution No. 2001-034 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on May 7, 2001. Date: c~'-/~7/- ~// ~)/~..~ ~/~ Clerk o'~e Council City of Santa Aha Resolution No. 2001-034 Page 2 of 2 ACCENT LIGHTS BOLLARD OR PEDESTRIAN LIGHT ACCENT LIGHTS Design and Development Standards Building and Site Li~lhtin~ EX.L--I I B IT_ j_ Design and Development Standards , : Buildin and Site Lighting Code Requirements: The following are existing provisions of Santa Ann Municipal Code related to addressing lighting: Section 8-210 0,m,n,o): Thc following special provisions apply to all residential dwellings: I. All cxterlor doors shall bc equipped with a lighting device which shall provide a minimum maintained one foot-candle of tight at ground level during hours of darkness. Vandal resistant covers shall protect lighting devices. Aisles, passageways and recesses related to and within multiple.family dwelling complexes shall be equipped with lighting devices which shall provide a minimum maintained one foot- candle of light at wound level during hours of darkness. Vandal resistant covers shall protect lighting devices. All parking lots, carports, garages and parking s~'uctures of multiple-family dwelling complexes shall be equipped with lighting devices which will provide a minimum maintained one foot-candle of light on thc parking surface during hours of darkness. Subtecrancan parking lots shall maintain lighting 24 hours a day. Vandal resistant covers shall protect lighting devices. o. All exterior required lighting devices shall be placed at a height which will fully illuminate an average adult. (Malibu lights or tmllard lighting does not satisfy this requirement.) Section 8-211(m)(2-4): The following special provisions apply to commercial (non.residential) buildings: m. The following standards for lighting and address markings shall apply to commercial (non- residential) buildings: All exterior doom (podes~an and overhead) shall be equipped with a lighting device which shall provide a minimum maintained one foot-candle of light at wound level du~ng hours of darkness. Vandal resistant covers shall pro~ect lighting devices. All parking lots, and access thereto, providing more than 10 parking spaces and for use by the general public, shall be provided with a minimum maintained one foot-candle of light on the parking surface from dusk until the termination of business every operating day. At all other hours of darkness, a minimum maintained 0.25 foot-candles of light shall be provided at ground level. (These standards are applicable to any private parking area, regardless of size or users.) 4. Exterior lighting shall not shine away from subject property. (Lighting shall not glare onto or direct exposed lights to adjacent property.) C. Section 41-130~(c, h): c. Lights used to illuminate the parking area shall bc reflected away (or shielded) from any residence or sensitive ]and use. Sensitive land uses as used in this section are those adjacent land uses such as day care, parks, schools, churches, convalescent homes, and hospitals that will be potentially impac~d by the proposed parking lot and ancillary parking activities. Design and Development Standards Building and Site Li~lhtin~l Design Objectives: Exterior lighting is to be designed into development proposals based on the following objectives: A. To provide security and safety for vehicles and pedestrians, B. To provide visual enhancement to development, and C. To be an integrating design element of the site, building(s), and landscape. Building and Site Lighting Design Standards: In addition to the above provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the following design standards apply: LIGHTING4.DOC03/16/01 Lighting should be provided in a relatively even pattern with ground level foot-candle illumination levels not varying by more than four to eight foot-candles. Site lighting may not exceed 5 foot candles of illumination within 50 feet of a property zoned or used for residential purposes or is a sensitive land use [as defined by 41-1304(h)]. Decorative accent lighting and fixtures above the minimum 1- foot candle illumination levels of surrounding parking lots should be provided at vehicle driveways, entry throats, pedestrian paths, plaza areas, and other activity areas. Lighting should be provided to accent on-site public art, specimen trees and architectural features. Illumination to a minimum maintained one foot-candle should be provided at steps, ramps and other potentially hazardous grade differentials. Parking lot lights should not exceed 35 feet and in no case exceed the maximum height of the district they are located. In addition parking lot lights may not exceed 20 feet if within 50 feet of property zoned or used for residential purposes or for a sensitive land use [as defined by 41-1304(h)]. 3 Design and Development Standards Building and Site Li,qhtin,q Wall mounted lights may not extend above the height of the wall or parapet to which they are mounted. Lighting fixtures and luminaries should be provided to complement the architectural style and be compatible with the development where they are located. 9. Lighting should not be animated. 10. Exterior lighting should be designed and installed to direct, shield, and confine direct rays Of light to within the boundaries of the development. LAND USE 11. Exterior lighting should be designed through placement and fixture type to avoid direct glare in the eyes of on-site pedestrians and drivers. J MALL OR WALKWAY LIGHTING ACCENT LIGHTS AT MAIN DRIVEWAY AR EAS 12. Overhead service wires or exposed conduit are to be avoided. 13. Parking lot, accent, and building lights should be coordinated for appearance as well as functionality. 14. Decorative lighting should be designed in a subtle, architecturally appropriate and screened manner in order to enhance and attract attention to a development. 15. Light fixtures with exposed bulbs are not allowed. 16. In parking lots, light standards should be designed with raised bases in order to protect the light from vehicles and keep the connection with the footing above the irrigation when they are placed in planters. 17. Light standards should be placed so that the illumination spread will not conflict the growth of trees in require, d parking lot planters. Design and Development Standards Buildin~l and Site Li~lhtin~ 18. Exterior doors are required to be fully illuminated to a ~2) one foot-candle level over the entire face and frame of Ici the opening. Wall pack or other lighting fixtures usedIii to satisfy this requirement should be decorative in Il nature, il ~ 19. Low pressure sodium or other lighting filament types . ~ ~ that emit yellow light should be avoided. ~ _._2~. pARKING LOT 'COBRA" LIGHTING 5 LrGHTING4.DOC03/16/O 1