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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. O-7-6409—
An ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 79-32
PERTAINING TO PARKING LOT LIGHTING STANDARDS BY REMOVING
REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING PARKING FACILITIES NOT USED FOR
_ COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES TO PROVIDE LIGHTING;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF
INVALID PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN -EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section 1 of Ordinance 79-32 is amended by adding the
words, numerals and punctuation underscored,.and by deleting the words,
numerals and punctuation struck through as follows:
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, re-
viewing stands, grandstands, enclosed grandstands, arenas, and enclosed domed
structures) and 8 (Open storage yards, including lumber yards and con- _
tractors' storage yards) of Group J occupancies (as described in the South
Fi6rida Building Code as amended from time to time) shall be illuminated
according to the standards contained herein. All parking facilities used for
commercial and industrial 2urposes in the groups listed above, and existing on
June 27,.1979, the effective date of this ordinance which will be used one-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
facilities are a requirement. Garage parking facilities shall include under-
ground, multi -level parking garages, and enclosed grade level parking facilities.
B. (1) For exterior parking facilities, the intensity of
illumination shall provide an average of one (1) footcandle'(fc) equal to one
lumen per square foot, and shall be well distributed on the pavement areas;
however, at no point shall illumination be less than one-fourth (1/4) footcandle.
(2) Garage parking facilities shall provide an average
intensity of illumination of fifty (50) footcandles at the entrance, ten (10)
footcandles in traffic lanes and five (5) footcandles in storage areas.
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(3) The current edition of the "IES Lighting Handbook",
published by the Illuminating Engineers Society, 345 East 47 Street, New York,
New York 10017, is the standard to be used by the architect or engineer as a
guide for the design and testing of parking facility lighting. The standards
contained therein shall apply unless standards developed and adopted by this
ordinance or subsequent amendments are more severe, in which case the more
restrictive standards shall apply.
C. All site plans for buildings to be constructed after June 27,
1979, the effective date of this ordinance, to be used for 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, must be accompanied by a parking facility lighting
plan submitted by a registered architect or a registered engineer. The
lighting plan shall be certified by the registered architect or registered
engineer as providing illumination in accordance with the applicable minimum
standards set forth in Section 13 above. Subsequent construction must comply
with said lighting plan. If there exists a question concerning whether the
work was done in accordance with specifications, the Building Official may
require as a prerequisite to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy that
the architect or engineer who prepared the plans certify that all work was done
in accordance with specifications.
devices.
D. All required illumination shall be controlled by automatic
(1) For business uses with exterior or garage parking
facilities, the required illumination shall be provided at least thirty (30)
minutes after the closing time of any establishment served by the parking
facility.
(2) Any parking facility that serves a residential use
must maintain the minimum levels of illumination established by this ordinance
through the use of natural or artificial light twenty-four (24) hours per day.
E. All lighting shall be shaded or screened and aimed 90udegrees down
ward so as to minimize -offensiveness to any neighboring property.
SECTION 2: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this
ordinance.
SECTION 3: Should any section or provision of this ordinance
or,any portion hereof or any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or any part hereof other than
the part declared to be invalid.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED FIRST READING THIS _daffy, of 11980.
PASSED SECOND READING THIS of ,1980.
ATTFST:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved
the form and correctness of this
ORDINANCE
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