15.34.080 Exterior security lighting.
A. Parking lots, including parking lots with carports, aisles, passageways, recesses and grounds contiguous to buildings within multiple-family, commercial and industrial complexes, shall be provided with lighting of sufficient wattage to provide adequate illumination to provide a safe environment for persons using the complex and make clearly visible the presence of any person on or about the premises during the hours of darkness. Such lighting shall be equipped with vandal-resistant covers/lenses.
B. The lighting required in subsection A of this section shall be installed according to a lighting plan reviewed and approved by the enforcing authority. Review and approval will be based upon criteria including but not limited to:
1. The nature and use of the area within the development;
2. The type of area in which the development is located;
3. The hours of use of the area to be lighted;
4. The frequency of use of the area to be lighted;
5. Existing lighting in the area;
6. Past criminal or crime-related incidents in the area;
7. Physical characteristics of the structure and/or development under proposed construction.
C. Nothing contained in this section is to be construed as prohibiting additional lighting from being used for purposes such as enhancing the beauty of the structure or landscaping, marking locations of stairways and other similar uses. Such lighting shall not be used in lieu of lights for security purposes. (Ord. 89-2 § 1, 1989)