Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - February 2021.2

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.15. Exterior Lighting 5.15.6. Street Lighting

purpose of this subsection is to ensure street lighting that is properly designed and maintained to produce comfortable and accurate visibility at night and facilitate and encourage both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. B. Applicability 1. The standards in this subsection shall be applied when any of the following occur: a. A developer requests installation of street lights adjacent to a roadway to be accepted by the Town. b. A Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy is issued in the immediate area of the proposed street light location, provided the proposed location serves a roadway that has been accepted by the Town or by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. c. A thoroughfare or collector street within the corporate limits of the Town is constructed or improved as a part of development. 2. Street lighting facilities and street lights shall be installed, at the developer’s expense, on any roadway, portion of roadway, or widening prior to acceptance of that roadway by the Town or North Carolina Department of Transportation for routine maintenance, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Director and Town Engineer. C. Electrical Distribution Systems for Street Lighting All underground electrical distribution systems for street lighting shall be installed according to the following standards: 1. Underground service for light fixtures shall be installed in conformance with the electric utility service provider and Town standards at the developer’s expense. 2. The placement of street lighting fixtures in residential areas shall be at intervals of 400 to 600 feet unless: a. The roadway length is less than 400 feet, but more than 200 feet, in which case a street light shall be provided at the end of the street and/or in the cul-de-sac; b. The roadway length is less than 200 feet, a street light is placed at the intersection, and no natural features create a problem—in which case a street light is required at the end of the roadway; c. The vertical and horizontal street alignment or natural features necessitate shorter spacing intervals; or d. A decorative pole of less than 25 feet and fixture are proposed. 3. The placement of street lighting along thoroughfares and collector streets, and in nonresidential areas, shall be in accordance with the latest revision of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s “American National Standard for Roadway Lighting” and the Town’s street lighting policy. 4. A street light shall be provided at all street intersections and adequately light all crosswalks. D. Street Light Fixtures 1. 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;

Morrisville, NC

February 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

Page 5-147