350-12.2 Residential350-12.2 C.
Standards. Any use permitted by zoning either by right or through any type of zoning relief in any district shall conform to the following lighting standards. All outdoor light fixtures
and illuminated signs for all uses and structures within the City of Northampton shall be designed, located, installed and directed in such a manner as to prevent measurable light at
the property lines and glare at any location on or off the property. If necessary, an applicant may need to provide photometric plans and/or manufacturing specification sheets to show
conformance with these standards. This standard shall be met through the following:
(1) All outdoor lighting shall have full cutoff-type fixtures (See below.) Cutoffs shall shield bulbs from visibility and may consist of internal baffles or reflectors or external panels
or other mechanisms.
(a) General site lighting shall not exceed 90º, the horizontal plane of bottom of lamp fixture. No uplighting is allowed; parking, security and aesthetic lighting must shine downward.
(b) Spotlights used to illuminate buildings, signs or specific site amenities/features shall be targeted on such objects so as to prevent direct uplighting. Cutoffs shall limit lighting
to a forty-five-degree angle above the horizontal plane.
(c) Upward search or spotlighting of the sky for entertainment or advertising purposes is prohibited.
(2) Lighting shall be shielded to prevent direct glare and light trespass and shall be contained to the target area to the extent feasible. See below for examples of appropriate fixtures.
(a) Luminaires with no cutoff fixture used for mixed use or nonresidential uses may be allowed through a site plan approval from the Planning Board only when it is shown that a low-level
wattage (800 lumens or less) is to be used, no glare will be present on streets or on adjoining properties and standards in Subsection C (6) below will be met. This may be appropriate
for decorative purpose within neighborhoods or the Central Business or General Business Districts.
(b) Lights or luminaires without cutoffs may be used on or around residential structures if bulbs used do not exceed one-hundred-watt incandescent or the equivalent fluorescent (not
to exceed twenty-five-watt) or other type bulb and light glare will not be directed off site.
(6)
/