§ 30-1200. Lighting.

Reasonable lighting shall be required for each park-for-hire facility during the hours that the facility is open for business. Subsection (2) of this section shall only be required at new facilities. Where applicable, public street lighting may be utilized to either partially or totally fulfill the following requirements; however, where such street lighting is removed it shall be the responsibility of the parking facility to independently provide these required levels of illumination.

(a)

Open parking facilities. For open-area park-for-hire facilities, three levels of activity shall be established as high, medium and low. The levels shall reflect both traffic density and intensity and shall include but are not limited to the following:

(1)

High activity.

(a)

Major league athletic events.

(b)

Major cultural or civic events.

(c)

Major regional shopping centers.

(2)

Medium activity.

(a)

Fast food facilities.

(b)

Area shopping centers.

(c)

Hospital parking areas.

(d)

Transportation parking (airports and other similar parking areas).

(e)

Cultural, civic or recreational events.

(f)

Residential complex parking.

(3)

Low activity.

(a)

Local merchant parking.

(b)

Industrial employee parking.

(c)

Educational facility parking.

The minimum safety illuminance value for areas used by the public in open park-for-hire facilities for such levels of activity shall be as follows:

Level of Activity	Lux	Footcandles
Low Activity	2	0.2
Medium Activity	6	0.6
High Activity	10	0.9

 

(b)

Open and covered parking facilities with more than one level.

Minimum Illumination
Area	Intensity (in Footcandles)
Stairways and exits	10
Interior driving aisles center line	5
Interior parking areas at barrier railings	0.5
Roof parking areas	0.5

 

(Ord. No. 2003-81, § 1, 7-29-03)