Delacourt asked if anyone had a question about the lighting section, and |
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Mr. Schroeder asked if it was a standard provision that had been proven |
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over time. Mr. Delacourt said it was similar to what the Commission |
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required now. Mr. Breuckman said that the Illuminating Engineering |
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Society of North America was a great resource, and he added that they |
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were not trying anything new. Mr. Delacourt said that lighting had been |
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handled by the Planning Commission previously based on individual |
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Site Plans. Now they were saying what was acceptable in all |
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circumstances, and he wanted to make sure it was acceptable to the |
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Commissioners. Mr. Kaltsounis liked that it said 20 feet for lightpoles was |
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desirable. He did not think it addressed parking structures, and he |
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wondered if they should add something about it. For example, |
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Crittenton’s parking structure originally had too much glow, and he |
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wondered if there should be a certain standard for those. Mr. Anzek said |
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that the poles on the upper deck were lowered from 20 to 15 feet and were |
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internal to the deck. The perimeter had low-mounted wash lights across |
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the deck, and they required a non-reflective surface. He thought that a |
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lightpost on top of a parking deck could be bright. Mr. Kaltsounis |
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reminded that the City was being built out, and they were starting to pack |
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in a lot more to what was left. Mr. Delacourt said the footcandles would be |
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the same requirements, and no light would be allowed to project over a |
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residential lot line. Mr. Kaltsounis thought that a 20-foot pole on top of a |
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parking structure would shine into someone’s house more than one on |
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the ground would. Mr. Breuckman did not think that was necessarily true, |
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because it would be so much higher than someone’s window. If someone |
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could not see the hot spot, it should be acceptable. Mr. Delacourt said |
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they would look into it to see if something needed to be added regarding |
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parking deck lighting. Mr. Anzek commented that exterior lighting was a |
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big issue. He recalled that a community he worked in was involved in a |
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major lawsuit over a molestation that occurred because, they claimed, the |
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lighting was insufficient. He would like the standards to be comparable to |
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other communities and not too restrictive. He thought they did a good job |
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to brighten up the City, but they had to be cautious. Mr. Breuckman said |
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he had used the light levels in other communities. One section allowed |
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up to 20 footcandles under gas station canopies. Some gas station |
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owners wanted 80 to 100 footcandles, which he felt was actually |
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dangerous because it could cause transient adaptation, or night |
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