Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - February 2021.2

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

2. Along Thoroughfares a. Town-Maintained in Main Street District All fixtures along thoroughfares maintained by the Town shall be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixture that: (1) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees; (2) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (3) Is located on an electrical service provider’s standard black fiberglass poles installed at a mounting height of 30 feet. b. Town-Maintained in All Other Districts All fixtures along thoroughfares maintained by the Town shall be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixture that: (1) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees; (2) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (3) Is located on an electrical service provider’s standard gray fiberglass poles installed at a mounting height of 30 feet. c. State-Maintained (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) below, all fixtures along thoroughfares maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation shall be a 50,000-lumen cutoff, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) or enclosed high pressure sodium (HPS) fixture that: (A) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees; (B) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (C) Is located on an electric service provider’s standard gray fiberglass pole, or equivalent, installed at a mounting height of 30 or 35 feet. (2) In residential areas when spillover from the a 50,000-lumen fixture would be excessive, fixtures may be a 27,500-lumen or 28,500-lumen cutoff, Light Emitting Diode (LED) or enclosed high pressure sodium (HPS) fixture that: (A) Emits no light emitted at or above 90 degrees; (B) Delivers a minimum delivered lumens of 7,100 or a maximum delivered lumens of 13,650; and (C) Is located on an electric service provider’s standard gray fiberglass pole, or equivalent, installed at a mounting height of 25 or 30 feet. E. Relocation of Street Lighting 1. Residents along a street may request, and the Town Engineer and Planning Director may approve, the relocation of a street light subject to the following: a. The request shall be in the form or a petition signed by all persons owning property fronting the street within the boundaries of the next closest installed or proposed street lights. (See Figure 5.15.6.E: Area Subject to Notification of Street Lighting Relocation).

Morrisville, NC

February 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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