A. All new exterior lighting within the airport planning area shall be designed so as to create no glare or interference with aircraft in flight. Such lighting shall be constructed and located so that only the intended area is illuminated and off-site glare is fully controlled. The lighting shall be arrayed in such a manner that it cannot be mistaken for airport approach or runway lights by pilots. Project lighting plans shall be approved by the airport manager or his/her designee.

B. Exterior lighting should accomplish a generally subdued and uniform lighting pattern with a minimum potential for glare with combinations of multiple indirect lighting sources as opposed to fewer, more powerful direct lighting sources.

C. Where direct lighting sources cannot be avoided, such as on pole-mounted fixtures in parking lots, diffusers shall be incorporated into the design of the fixture and the lighting source as well as the diffuser shall be mounted above or flush with an opaque fixture housing.

D. General site and parking lot lighting should tend towards warmer color spectrum which is typical of incandescent and sodium-vapor lighting sources.

E. Light sources which tend towards more white, daylight, or cooler colors in light spectrum should be limited to locations where a more accurate color rendition is important such as at building entrances and exits (for security reasons), or the lighting of signs, or the lighting of unique or special building or site features.

F. The lighting plan should be considered together with the landscaping plan and the effect of proposed planting, particularly the impact of proposed trees upon the effectiveness of proposed lighting.

G. Landscape plantings and solid fencing at the perimeter of the project site should be incorporated into the design of the lighting plan as an additional means of limiting light-related impacts on surrounding property, particularly light-sensitive land uses such as residential areas and native habitat.

H. Street lighting shall be installed pursuant to a set of common design standards approved by the city council. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2003-06 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2000-10 § 1, 2000)