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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.15. Exterior Lighting
5.15.6. Street Lighting
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 5-147
D.
Street Light Fixtures
Along Streets Other than Thoroughfares
a.
Residential Areas
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(2)below, all fixtures along a non-
thoroughfare street and located in a residential area shall be either:
(A)
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixture that:
(i)
Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees;
(ii)
Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 4,850 or a maximum delivered lumens
of 7,100; and
(iii)
Is located on an electric service provider’s gray fiberglass pole, or equivalent,
installed at a mounting height of 25 feet or less; and/or
(B)
A cutoff, semi-cutoff or non-cutoff fixture that:
(i)
Complies with standards in Section
5.15.4.C, Uncovered Parking and Drive Aisles;and
(ii)
Is located on an electric service provider’s decorative pole installed at a
mounting height of 20 feet or less.
(2)
The Town Engineer and Planning Director may approve street lighting exceeding the
standards in subsection
(1)above where necessary to reduce the length of sag vertical
curves, provided the street lights are operational prior to the acceptance of such street
by the Town.
b.
Nonresidential Areas
(1)
Town-Maintained
All fixtures along a non-thoroughfare street maintained by the Town and located in a
nonresidential area shall be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixture that:
(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 installed
at a mounting height of 30 feet.
(2)
State-Maintained
All fixtures along a non-thoroughfare street maintained by the North Carolina Department
of Transportation and located in a nonresidential area shall be a 16,000-lumen, 27,500-
lumen, or 28,500-lumen cutoff enclosed high pressure sodium or a Light Emitting Diode
(LED) fixture that:
(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 poles installed
at a mounting height of 30 feet.