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�o�o <br /> To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission Members <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administrator 2-� � <br /> � <br /> !�'�ESHn�� <br /> From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director <br /> Date: November 16, 2015 <br /> Subject: #15-3784, City of Orono, <br /> Text Amendment: Lighting <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Application Summary: The draft ordinance defines fully shielded luminaire and glare, and <br /> establishes lighting as a nuisance, and provides lighting requirements. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance as drafted. <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> Draft Ordinance <br /> Planning Commission packet dated October 19, 2015 <br /> Background <br /> Note: The Planning Commission and City Council recently identified the review of dark skies <br /> regulations for possible implementation as its second highest priority. Should this item be <br /> tabled in favor of incorporating it into a more comprehensive lighting ordinance? <br /> This draft ordinance was originally developed to solve two issues, impacts of lighting on <br /> neighboring properties, and the placement of landscaping blocking views of the lake. At its <br /> meeting on October 19,the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare two ordinances,one <br /> to address living walls, and the second to address lighting issues. The Commission tabled action <br /> on the lighting issue to allow additional time for research and investigation.The living walls was <br /> forwarded to the City Council for review and consideration. <br /> To facilitate research and investigation,the light meter was made available to Commissioners. <br /> Analysis <br /> Concern: The biggest challenge with a regulatory approach is to differentiate between "visible <br /> light" and "nuisance light". Living in a city, neighbors' light will be visible, and may even appear <br /> bright. At what level is light a nuisance? <br /> Solution: The proposed regulatory solution establishes measurable(1.0 fc)lighting at the principle <br /> ' structure as a nuisance and may be corrected through means offered in the code, including <br /> citations. The proposed ordinance also alters the existing text regarding"Glare or Heat"to a more <br /> specific "Lighting", and offers a definition and general requirements for the use of lighting. The <br /> ordinance also requires light fixtures in the lake yard to be fully shielded, which is a new defined <br />