Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.15. Exterior Lighting 5.15.6. Street Lighting

Along Thoroughfares

a. Town-Maintained

All fixtures along thoroughfares maintained by the Town shall be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixture that:

(1) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees;

(2) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (3) Is located on an electrical service provider’s standard gray fiberglass poles installed at a mounting height of 30 feet. b. State-Maintained (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) below, all fixtures along thoroughfares maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation shall be a 50,000-lumen cutoff, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) or enclosed high pressure sodium (HPS) fixture that: (B) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (C) Is located on an electric service provider’s standard gray fiberglass pole, or equivalent, installed at a mounting height of 30 or 35 feet. (2) In residential areas when spillover from the a 50,000-lumen fixture would be excessive, fixtures may be a 27,500-lumen or 28,500-lumen cutoff, Light Emitting Diode (LED) or enclosed high pressure sodium (HPS) fixture that: (A) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees;

(A)

Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees;

(B) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (C) Is located on an electric service provider’s standard gray fiberglass pole, or equivalent, installed at a mounting height of 25 or 30 feet.

E. Relocation of Street Lighting

Residents along a street may request, and the Town Engineer and Planning Director may approve, the relocation of a street light subject to the following: a. The request shall be in the form or a petition signed by all persons owning property fronting the street within the boundaries of the next closest installed or proposed street lights. (See Figure 5.15.6.E: Area Subject to Notification of Street Lighting Relocation).

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

Page 5-148

Unified Development Ordinance