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On June 19, 2002, the Hailey Outdoor Lighting Ordinance went into effect. The ordinance is the second of its kind in the Wood River Valley, and is devoted to safety, energy conservation, and the preservation of one of our most cherished natural resources - the view of the pristine Idaho night sky... READ MORE
"Dark Sky Ordinance" (fantastic! Hats off to Stephen Pauley)
http://www.adaweb.net/devserv/forms/Chapter4.pdf
A good lighting code that Stephen Pauley helped develop in 1999. The max. fco pole -height- limits chart (8-4H-1) is based on the Kennebunkport (Peter Talmage derived) formula where the height of a pole is controlled by the formula:
H = 3 + D/3 {H = height of pole, D = distance inside the property line}
This formula is also used in the newer Ketchum ord. It minimizes light trespass by placing higher poles well inside a property's boundary line. It is a simpler way to handle the light trespass issue & avoids the need for light police and meter maids.
It's Ada County Ord. 389, Chapter 4, Article H - Lighting Standards.
Check out Chapter 15.10. This is a very comprehensive lighting code.
City of Cannon Beach
17.90.100 Control of lights on public beach. No artificial light source shall be placed so that it directly illuminates the public beach at a distance of more than one hundred feet from the Oregon Coordinate Line or the property line, whichever is most eastward, after January 1, 1985. “Artificial light source” is defined as a lamp or other emitter of light which is directly visible from the public beach, including but not limited to flood lamps, area or barn lights, and street lights. (Ord. 79-4 ' 1 (4.105))
Ordinance No. 2002-11
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE SANDY MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING CHAPTER 15.04 REGULATING OUTDOOR LIGHTING ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY [File 02-017 Dark Skies].Click Here to view full text (54k PDF file) posted 7/1/02
ORDINANCE NO. 712
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER OF THE TROUTDALE MUNICIPAL CODE, 8.26, OUTDOOR LIGHTING
Click Here to view full text. Go to Ordinance 712
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the provisions contained in this Ordinance will protect the historical legacy of the night sky, and provide enjoyment of the night sky in the City for future generations...
Feb, 2002 Proposed
Changes to Seattle's lighting code! (pdf 11kb)
Seattle Land Use lighting codes
On May 10th, 2000 I did a search at http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/code1.htm
for "light" and turned up the following Seattle Municipal Codes.
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Council Bill Number: 113156 This Bill is (to the best of my knowledge) to allow the following Seattle Schools to have Athletic Lighting
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The new Trendwest resort located next to Roslyn WA, MountainStar, is on its way to preserving it's night sky with this Agreement. Both Trendwest and the environmental group RIDGE saw the value in preserving the night sky in Roslyn, Cle Elum area. Further rulings in preserving the night sky in this area are likely. Thanks Trendwest and RIDGE for your help.
Click Here to see a map of the location of Roslyn/Cle Elum
Thanks to the efforts Deb Moore~Marchant, Volunteer Advocate for Good Lighting in Shoreline Washington and the Shoreline Dept. of Planning and Developement Services the city of Shoreline is on its way to having an effective outdoor lighting code.
Click Here to see an educational handout the city has prepared.
Wow! way to go guys
Stanwood/Camano News 3/28/2000 - Click Here
Addresses light trespass. Only one slight problem; 1 footcandle of light
trespass is a lot, especially in a dark neighborhood, but a better than
most code.
Kent has some decent lighting codes.
Includes
18.16.270
Light and glare. Parking lot lights, security lights, or any exterior lighting shall be of low-intensity and designed to project toward the property, or shall be shielded to keep light from directly projecting over property lines. Single-family residential dwellings are exempt from this provision. (Ord. TLS 97-10-71B Exh. F (part))
From http://ordlink.com/codes/douglas/index.htm and search for "Light"
Thanks to a Pullman resident for sending us this one.
The code states that lights shall not create glare on adjacent properties
and establishes
an maximum level of light trespass (0.5 fc). This code does not address the
issue of sky glow.
The Redmond Planning and Community Development committee headed by Roberta Lewandowski has recently (July 2001) approved an updated outdoor lighting code. A special thanks to city planner Gibran Hashmi.
(July 2001) Ordinance
2109 (update to 20D.90) (HTML , PDF)
Click Here
to view all of Redmonds code.
Click Here to go to the Redmond web
page.
Okanogan Electric Co-Opertative
Policy No 30-400 - Yard Light Extensions, Installations and Replacements
There's a group of citizens in Winthrop that are looking at how to deal with
Light Pollution.
Contact information available upon request (darksky@scn.org) or contact Ellen
Lamiman (ellenlam@methow.com)
Click Here to see a picture of the beautiful
Methow Valley where Winthrop is located.
Click Here to see a clever full cutoff
light at the Rivers Edge Inn just north of Winthrop.
Send mail to darksky@scn.org (Bruce Weertman)
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