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Home My WebLink AboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1979-032Introduced by• - C/ TEMP. #630- REVISED 6/13/79 1. 1 I� 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. O- 79-3 )- AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO ILLUMINATION OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PARCELS OF PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN GROUPS A, B, C (EXCLUSIVE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS), D, E, F, G, H (EXCLUSIVE OF SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX, AND TRIPLEX UNITS, AND DIVISIONS 3 (STADIUMS, REVIEWING STANDS, GRANDSTANDS, ENCLOSED GRANDSTANDS, ARENAS, AND ENCLOSED DOMED STRUCTURES), AND 8 (OPEN STORAGE YARDS, INCLUDING LUMBER YARDS AND CONTRACTORS' STORAGE YARDS) OF GROUP J OCCUPANCIES AS SET FORTH IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME; REQUIRING LIGHTING PLANS FOR CERTAIN NEW CON- STRUCTION; REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION TO CONFORM TO LIGHTING PLANS; SETTING FORTH AVERAGE AND MINIMUM INTENSITY OF PARKING LOT ILLUMINATION; SETTING FORTH HOURS WHEN PARKING LOTS MUST BE ILLUMINATED; RE- QUIRING LIGHTING TO BE SHADED, SCREENED OR AIMED 90 DEGREES DOWNWARD SO AS TO MINIMIZE OFFENSIVENESS TO ANY NEIGHBORING UNIT; REQUIRING REPAIR OF NONFUNCTIONING LIGHTS; REPEALING SECTION 18-3(7) OF THE TAMARAC CITY CODE; PROVIDING PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF INVALID PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, requiring illuminated parking facilities will protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Tamarac by dis- couraging crime at said facilities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: All parking facilities to be developed in the future that serve Group A, B, C (Exclusive of Public Schools), D, E, F, G, H, (Exclusive of single family, duplex, and triplex units), and Divisions 3 (Stadiums, reviewing stands, grandstands, enclosed grandstands, arenas, and enclosed domed structures) and 8 (Open storage yards, including lumber yards and contractors' storage yards) of Group J occupancies (as described in the South Florida Building Code, as amended from time to time) shall be illuminated according to the standards contained herein. All parking facilities serving the groups listed above, and existing on 1_27 1979, the effective date of this ordinance which will be ±:ne-half hour after sundown, shall within eighteen months from the said effective date of this ordinance, be illuminated according to standards contained herein. A. For the purposes of this section, exterior parking facilities shall include the parking surface of open parking lots and access thereto, and parking areas and other nonenclosed areas at grade level for which the parking Be 1 facilities are a requirement. Garage parking facilities shall include under- 2 ground, multi -level parking garages, and enclosed grade level parking facilities. 3 B. (1) For exterior parking facilities, the intensity of 4 illumination shall provide an average of one (1) footcandle (fc) equal to one 5 lumen per square foot, and shall be well distributed on the pavement areas; 6 however, at no point shall illumination be less than one-fourth (1/4) footcandle. 7 8 (2) Garage parking facilities shall provide an average 9 intensity of illumination of fifty (50) footcandles at the entrance, ten (10) 10 footcandles in traffic lanes and five (5) footcandles in storage areas. 11 (3) The current edition of the "IES Lighting Handbook", 12 published by the Illuminating Engineers Society, 345 East 47 Street, New York, 13 New York 10017, is the standard to be used by the architect or engineer as a 14 guide for the design and testing of parking facility lighting. The standards 15 contained therein shall apply unless standards developed and adopted by this 76 ordinance or subsequent amendments are more severe, in which case the more 17 restrictive standards shall apply. 18 C. All site plans for buildings to be constructed after ' 19 1979, the effective date of this ordinance, to be used for Groups A, B, C 20 (Exclusive of Public Schools), D, E, F, G, H (Exclusive of single family, 2 1 duplex, and triplex units), and Divisions 3 (Stadiums, reviewing stands, 22 grandstands, enclosed grandstands, arenas and enclosed domed structures) and 23 8 (Open storage yards, including lumber yards and contractors' storage yards) 24 of Group J occupancies as set forth in the South Florida Building Code, as 25 amended from time to time, must be accompanied by a parking facility lighting 26 plan submitted by a registered architect or a registered engineer. The 27 lighting plan shall be certified by the registered architect or registered 28 engineer as providing illumination in accordance with the applicable minimum 21 standards set forth in Section 1.B above. Subsequent construction must comply 30 with said lighting plan. If there exists a question concerning whether the 31 work was done in accordance with specifications, the Building Official may 32 require as a prerequisite to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy that 33 the architect or engineer who prepared the plans certify that all work was done 34 in accordance with specifications. 2. I i D. All required illumination shall be controlled by automatic 2 devices. 3 (1) For business uses with exterior or garage parking 4 1 facilities, the required illumination shall be provided at least thirty (30) 5 minutesafter the closing time of any establishment served by the parking 6 facility. 7 (2) Any parking facility that serves a residential use 8 must maintain the minimum levels of illumination established by this ordinance 9 through the use of natural or artificial light twenty-four (24) hours per day. 10 E. All lighting shall be shaded or screened and aimed 900degrees down 11 ward so as to minimize offensiveness to any neighboring property. 12 SECTION 2: All owners or tenants of property with an illuminated 13 exterior or garage parking facility, regardless of the date of installation 14 of the facility, must replace or repair any light that becomes nonfunctional. 15 A city inspector or law enforcement officer shall give the property owner or ]6 tenant written notice of any such malfunction which must be corrected within 17 five (5) calendar days of such notice. 18 SECTION 3: Penalty - Noncompliance with the dictates of this 19 ordinance shall subject the offending party to a fine of not more than $500.00 20 and/or sixty (60) days in jail or both for each day of said noncompliance. 2 1 SECTION 4: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this 22 ordinance in Chapter 18 of the. Tamarac City Code. 23 SECTION 5:__S-ection 18-3(71 of the. Tamarac City Code is hereby - 24 - repealed. All ordinances or p ` p-ed . arts of ordinances, and all resolutions or parts of 25 resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. 26 SECTION 6: In the event that any section or provision of this 27 ordinance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be declared 28 by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not 29 affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other 30 than the part declared to be invalid. 31 SECTION 7: This ordinance shall take effect upon its final 32 passage by the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida. 33 34 PASSED FIRST READING this_1-3 day of ,1979. 3. PASSED SECOND READING this2day of 1979. ATTEST: AY -�2 CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved the form MAYOR: and correctness of this DISTRICT ORDINANCE DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT CI Y ATTORNEY RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE 4.