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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTOR RES 284 Office of the Town Clerk Diane M. Wilhelm; Town Clerk Registrar of Vital Statistics Records Management Officer Marriage Officer May 8, 2018 Honorable Town Clerk: Your response to this letter will acknowledge receipt of the attached resolution adopted by the Riverhead Town Board. Kindly please sign and email back to the Riverhead Town Clerk, Diane Wilhelm at wilh elm to nofriverheadn` . ov or by fax at 631-208-4034. i Signature: Date: Town Board Meeting April 17, 2018 2:00 PM ENCLOSED HEREWITH please find the following resolution which was adopted by the Riverhead Town Board at a Regular Town Board meeting on April 17, 2018 Resolution #284-ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 301 OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE ENTITLED "EXTERIOR LIGHTING-ARTICLE XLIX § 301-259 EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS" OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE" Sincerely, Diane M. Wilhelm Town Clerk DW:cd 200 Howell Avenue — Riverhead, New York 11901 (631)727-3200 Ext. 260 — Fax (631)208-4034 '�'�,ii[T PRQfPgl1,� (R•�155Us1 J Office of the Town Clerk Diane M. Wilhelm, Town Clerk Registrar of Vital Statistics Records Management Officer Marriage Officer May 8, 2018 Suffolk County Planning Department L.I. State Park Commission Town of Southold Town of Southampton Town of Brookhaven ENCLOSED HEREWITH please find the following resolution which was adopted by the Riverhead Town Board at a Regular Town Board meeting on April 17, 2018 Resolution #284-ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 301 OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE ENTITLED "EXTERIOR LIGHTING-ARTICLE XLIX § 301-259 EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS" OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE" If you have any questions, please call Carol Del Vecchio at 631-727-3200, Ext 262, or Diane Wilhelm at Ext. 260 Sincerely, Diane M. Wilhelm DMW:cd 200 Howell Avenue — Riverhead, New York 11901 (631)727-3200 Ext. 260 — Fax (631)208-4034 t 11 7 "y T os!!plls!p{0.Fnocnls 1 r ,ls Office of the Town Clerk Diane M. Wilhelm, Town Clerk Registrar of Vital Statistics Records Management Officer Marriage Officer May 8, 2018 Honorable Town Clerk: Your response to this letter will acknowledge receipt of the attached resolution adopted by the Riverhead Town Board. Kindly please sign and email back to the Riverhead Town Clerk, Diane Wilhelm at wilhelmatownofriverheadny. ov or by fax at 631-208-4034. i Signature: Date: Town Board Meeting April 17, 2018 2:00 PM ENCLOSED HEREWITH please find the following resolution which was adopted by the Riverhead Town Board at a Regular Town Board meeting on April 17, 2018 Resolution #284-ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 301 OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE ENTITLED "EXTERIOR LIGHTING-ARTICLE XLIX § 301-259 EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS" OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE" Sincerely, Diane M. Wilhelm Town Clerk DW:cd 200 Howell Avenue - Riverhead, New York 11901- (631)727-3200 Ext. 260 - Fax (631)208-4034 04.17.2018 ADOPTED 180284 TOWN OF RIVERHEAD Resolution # 284 ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 301 OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE ENTITLED "EXTERIOR LIGHTING —ARTICLE XLIX 4 301-259 EXTERIOR LIGHTING STANDARDS" OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN CODE" Councilman Hubbard offered the following resolution, which was seconded by Councilwoman Kent WHEREAS, the Town Clerk was authorized to publish and post a public notice to hear all interested persons to consider a local law to amend Chapter 108 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled, "Zoning and Land Development - Article LII Commercial Solar Energy Production Systems"; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on the 3rd day of April, 2018 at 2:05 o'clock p.m. at Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York, the date, time, and place specified in said public notice, and all persons wishing to be heard were heard; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to Chapter 301 is a Type II action pursuant to SEQRA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a local law to consider an amendment to Chapter 301 entitled, "Zoning and Land Development—Article XLIX Exterior Lighting" of the Town Code of the Town of Riverhead is hereby adopted as specified in the attached notice of adoption; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized to publish the attached notice of adoption once in the News-Review Newspaper and to post same on the signboard at Town Hall; and be it further RESOLVED, that all Town Hall Departments may review and obtain a copy of this resolution from the electronic storage device and, if needed, a copy of same may be obtained from the Office of the Town Clerk. THE VOTE Kent ®Yes ❑No Hubbard ®Yes ❑No Giglio ®Yes ❑No Wooten ®Yes ❑No Jens-Smith ®Yes ❑No The Resolution Was ® Thereupon Duly Declared Adopted TOWN OF RIVERHEAD NOTICE OF ADOPTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead adopted a local law to amend Chapter 301 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled, "Zoning and Land Development—Article XLIX Exterior Lighting"at its regular meeting held on April 17, 2018. Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead as follows: Chapter 301 Zoning and Land Development ARTICLE XLIX Article XLIX. Exterior Lighting Commercial § 301-259 Exterior Lighting Standards. A. General standards. (1) All exterior lighting shall be designed, located and lamped in order to prevent: (a) Overlighting; (b) Energy waste; (c) Glare; (d) Light trespass; (e) Skyglow. (2) All nonessential exterior commercial and residential lighting is encouraged to be turned off after business hours and/or when not in use. Lights on a timer are encouraged. Sensor-activated lights are encouraged to replace existing lighting that is desired for security purposes. (3) Canopy lights, such as service station lighting, shall be fully recessed and full cutoff luminaries so as to ensure that no light source is visible from or causes glare on public rights-of-way or adjacent properties. (4) Area lights. All area lights shall be full-cut-off-type luminaires. (5) The Long Island Power Authority shall not install any luminaires after the effective date of this article that light the public right-of-way. B. Type of luminaires. (1) All exterior lighting, with an exemption granted to municipal recreational fields, rated to be lamped at greater than 1,800 lumens (100 watts incandescent) afro gFeate shall use full cutoff luminaires as determined by photometry test or certified by the manufacturer and installed as designed with the light source directed downward. Municipal recreational fields, at a minimum, shall utilize partially shielded fixtures to direct light to the field of play, and to minimize upglow and light trespass. (2) All exterior light fixtures rated to emit 1,800 lumens (100 watts incandescent) and less, regardless of the number of lamps, shall use fully shielded fixtures (See Figure 1.) and shall be installed as designed. (See Figure 1.111) the p blir right_of_way We pFehihited i C.Exempt exterior lighting. The following types of exterior lighting are exempt from the provisions of this section: (1) Holiday lighting lit between November 15 and January 15 of the following year. (2) Motion-sensor-activated luminaires, provided: (a) They are fully shielded and located in such a manner as to prevent glare and lighting onto properties of others or into a public right-of-way; (b) The luminaire is set to only go on when activated and to go off within five minutes after activation has ceased; (c) The luminaire shall not be triggered by activity off the property; and (d) The luminaire, regardless of the number of lamps, does not exceed 1,800 lumens and is not rated to exceed 100 watts. (3) Vehicular lights and all temporary emergency lighting needed by the Fire and Police Departments, or other emergency services. (4) Uplighting for flags, provided the flag is not used for advertising and the total maximum lumen output is 1,300 lumens. (5) Lighting of radio, communications and navigation towers, provided the owner or occupant demonstrates that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations can only be met through the use of lighting that does not comply with this article, and that the provisions of this article are otherwise met. (6) Runway lighting. Lighting on any landing strip or runway, provided the owner or occupant demonstrates that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations can only be met through the use of lighting that does not comply with this article. (7) Neon lights. Neon lights as permitted pursuant to Article XLVIII, Signs, of this chapter. (8) Residential landscape lighting as defined herein, provided the lamp or lamps are not visible across property lines and, in addition, are not triggered by a dusk-to- dawn timer. n� -eXteFi lighting. Th following types of lighting hihited: �� � types of (1) Searchlights, except these used for geveMmental, ernergeRGy and law enforGernent (2) Strehe lights, Laser lights, or revolving lighting (3) Neen lights, eXGent as legally p J nitte cer„rity cvctem (5) Any light fixture that may be GE)nstFued as or E;E)nfused with a tFaffiG signal, traffiG GGRtrel device or maritime navigational maFkero (7) Any light fi)dWe IE)Gated within a deSigRated natuFe preserve, easement, eF ��i•aten� ay vvuc�rvva�- Illuminated higRS without a m„ninipal nem;it and handball GE)ur-ts, and sports fields, inGludiRg but not limited te baseball, , and football, without site pIaR appFeval and a building . .C' 2(11_260 DloneMent .•+Rd height of I,,.-..,'.-...ir..� D. Placement and height of luminaires. X (1) Luminaires, exclusive of municipal streetlighting, and municipal recreational fields, shall be mounted no higher than 16 feet from the level ground to the lowest light-emitting part of the fixture. (2) Luminaires on commercially used properties shall be located and shielded in a manner to prevent light projection beyond the property line. (See Figure 3.111) S-: (3) Luminaires used for municipal recreational fields and municipal outdoor recreational uses shall be exempt from the height restriction, and illuminance levels, provided all other provisions of this article are met and the light is used only while the field is in use. D- Sign lighting. Lighting shall be mounted on the top of the sign, directed downward, and positioned and shielded so that the light source is not visible. No individual lamp shall exceed 1,000 lumens. Mounting height of lights shall not exceed 16 feet.[2] Mounting height of residential luminaries may not exceed 14 feet. §_301 261. IIlurninanne and type of larnp. E. Illuminance and type of lamp. X M Illuminance levels for parking lots, sidewalks, and other walkways affected by side-mounted building lights and freestanding sidewalk lights (not streetlights) shall not exceed illuminance levels listed in the IESNA Recommended Practices, either PR33 or RP20, depending on the application. (See Tables 1, 2 and 3.111) The Town of Riverhead recognizes that not every such area will require lighting. B-: Parking lot lighting shall not exceed an overall average illumination as listed on Table 1. 21 Streetlight luminaires shall be full cutoff luminaires and be lamped with high- pressure sodium or compact fluorescent light source. The Engineering Division shall make a determination for the type of light distribution, the height, and lumen value of the light source for each location, based on the manufacturer's supplied photometric information, in order to meet the streetlighting warrants. The criteria for evaluating the warrant of streetlights shall be in conformance with the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards and/or a safety hazard as determined by the Town Engineer. The Town Engineer shall reserve the option to alter the type of light, light intensity of public roads and public facilities in areas where public safety is an issue. Streetlight luminaries shall be brought into compliance with this section no later than December 31, 2017.[31 All existing and/or new exterior lighting shall not cause light trespass and shall protect adjacent properties from glare and excessive lighting. Gas station under-canopy fixtures shall be lamped so as not to exceed light level measurements as recommended in RP33, Table 2. 41 All ATM and bank lighting shall conform to the provisions of the New York State ATM Safety Act, as contained in the New York State Banking Law § 75-a et seq., and the provisions of this article. G- M All Long Island Power Authority leased preexisting nonconforming unshielded floodlight fixtures, including GE Powerflood, Mercury Vapor fixtures, and all one- thousand-watt fixtures shall not be relamped, repaired or replaced. H-. The fellewing types of lamps shall not be permitted: (1) McFE;uFy Vapor (2) Unshielded LED lamps exr•ent as exempt fpr holiday lighting /3\t de,e e approved by the TeWR EngineeF and nnl�i when the (3 Gerrolated Gelor tempeFatuFe (GGT) i loo than 3r d znn K aR wheR the aFG tMho of the 11aImp is enVleseV wlith a preteGtive anriliG eF tempered glas —. G. All Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) leased preexisting nonconforming fixtures shall be replaced on or before December 31, 2010, with full cutoff fixtures and must meet the light solutions "Installation and Criteria" as adopted by LIPA on March 24, 2006: (1) Light levels shall not exceed recommendations (Table 1). S- H. Prohibited exterior lighting. The following types of lighting are prohibited: (1) Searchlights, except those used for governmental, emergency and law enforcement purposes. (2) Strobe lights, laser lights, or revolving lighting_ (3) Neon lights, except as legally permitted. (4) Blinking, pulsating, tracing, or flashing lights, unless temporarily triggered by a security system. (5) Any light fixture that may be construed as or confused with a traffic signal traffic control device or maritime navigational markers. (6) Lighting that is determined by municipal law enforcement personnel to contribute to disabling or distracting glare into a public roadway. (7) Any light fixture located within a designated nature preserve, easement or waterway. (8) Illuminated signs without a municipal permit. (9) Nonmunicipal recreational field lighting, including but not limited to tennis basketball and handball courts, and sports fields, including but not limited to baseball, soccer, and football, without site plan approval and a building permit. (10)Privately owned or leased light fixtures located on public utility poles or located in the public right-of-way are prohibited. 01)No exterior LED light fixtures shall exceed 3,000K. 02) Mercury Vapor. 03) Unshielded LED lamps, except as exempt for holiday lighting. (14)Metal halide, except as approved by the Town Engineer and only when the correlated color temperature (CCT) is less than 3,200 K and when the arc tube of the lamp is enclosed with a protective acrylic or tempered glass shroud. • Underline represents addition(s) • Overstrike represents deletion(s) Dated: Riverhead, New York April 17, 2018 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD DIANE M. WILHELM, Town Clerk Local Law #9-2018 Chapter 301 Zoning and Land Development ARTICLE XLIX Exterior Lighting § 301-259. Exterior Lighting Standards. A. General standards. (1) All exterior lighting shall be designed, located and tamped in order to prevent: (a) Overlighting; (b) Energy waste; (c) Glare; (d) Light trespass; (e) Skyglow. (2) All nonessential exterior commercial and residential lighting is encouraged to be turned off after business hours and/or when not in use. Lights on a timer are encouraged. Sensor-activated lights are encouraged to replace existing lighting that is desired for security purposes. (3) Canopy lights, such as service station lighting, shall be fully recessed and full cutoff luminaries so as to ensure that no light source is visible from or causes glare on public rights-of-way or adjacent properties. (4) Area lights. All area lights shall be full-cut-off-type luminaires. (5) The Long Island Power Authority shall not install any luminaires after the effective date of this article that light the public right-of-way. B. Type of luminaires. (1) All exterior lighting, with an exemption granted to municipal recreational fields, rated to be lamped at greater than 1,800 lumens (100 watts incandescent) shall use full cutoff luminaires as determined by photometry test or certified by the manufacturer and installed as designed with the light source directed downward. Municipal recreational fields, at a minimum, shall utilize partially shielded fixtures to direct light to the field of play, and to minimize upglow and light trespass. (2) All exterior light fixtures rated to emit 1,800 lumens (100 wafts incandescent) and less, regardless of the number of lamps, shall use fully shielded fixtures (See Figure 1.) and shall be installed as designed. (See Figure 1.111) 1 C.Exempt exterior lighting. The following types of exterior lighting are exempt from the provisions of this section: (1) Holiday lighting lit between November 15 and January 15 of the following year. (2) Motion-sensor-activated luminaires, provided: (a) They are fully shielded and located in such a manner as to prevent glare and lighting onto properties of others or into a public right-of-way; (b) The luminaire is set to only go on when activated and to go off within five minutes after activation has ceased; (c) The luminaire shall not be triggered by activity off the property; and (d) The luminaire, regardless of the number of lamps, does not exceed 1,800 lumens and is not rated to exceed 100 watts. (3) Vehicular lights and all temporary emergency lighting needed by the Fire and Police Departments, or other emergency services. (4) Uplighting for flags, provided the flag is not used for advertising and the total maximum lumen output is 1,300 lumens. (5) Lighting of radio, communications and navigation towers, provided the owner or occupant demonstrates that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations can only be met through the use of lighting that does not comply with this article, and that the provisions of this article are otherwise met. (6) Runway lighting. Lighting on any landing strip or runway, provided the owner or occupant demonstrates that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations can only be met through the use of lighting that does not comply with this article. (7) Neon lights. Neon lights as permitted pursuant to Article XLVIII, Signs, of this chapter. (8) Residential landscape lighting as defined herein, provided the lamp or lamps are not visible across property lines and, in addition, are not triggered by a dusk-to- dawn timer. D. Placement and height of luminaires. (1) Luminaires, exclusive of municipal streetlighting, and municipal recreational fields, shall be mounted no higher than 16 feet from the level ground to the lowest light-emitting part of the fixture. 2 (2) Luminaires on commercially used properties shall be located and shielded in a manner to prevent light projection beyond the property line. (See Figure 3.111) (3) Luminaires used for municipal recreational fields and municipal outdoor recreational uses shall be exempt from the height restriction, and illuminance levels, provided all other provisions of this article are met and the light is used only while the field is in use. (4) Sign lighting. Lighting shall be mounted on the top of the sign, directed downward, and positioned and shielded so that the light source is not visible. No individual lamp shall exceed 1,000 lumens. Mounting height of lights shall not exceed 16 feet.[2] (5) Mounting height of residential luminaries may not exceed 14 feet. E. Illuminance and type of lamp. (1) Illuminance levels for parking lots, sidewalks, and other walkways affected by side-mounted building lights and freestanding sidewalk lights (not streetlights) shall not exceed illuminance levels listed in the IESNA Recommended Practices, either PR33 or RP20, depending on the application. (See Tables 1, 2 and 3.111) The Town of Riverhead recognizes that not every such area will require lighting. (2) Parking lot lighting shall not exceed an overall average illumination as listed on Table 1. 21 (3) Streetlight luminaires shall be full cutoff luminaires and be lamped with high- pressure sodium or compact fluorescent light source. The Engineering Division shall make a determination for the type of light distribution, the height, and lumen value of the light source for each location, based on the manufacturer's supplied photometric information, in order to meet the streetlighting warrants. The criteria for evaluating the warrant of streetlights shall be in conformance with the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards and/or a safety hazard as determined by the Town Engineer. The Town Engineer shall reserve the option to alter the type of light, light intensity of public roads and public facilities in areas where public safety is an issue. Streetlight luminaries shall be brought into compliance with this section no later than December 31, 2017.[3] (4) All existing and/or new exterior lighting shall not cause light trespass and shall protect adjacent properties from glare and excessive lighting. (5) Gas station under-canopy fixtures shall be lamped so as not to exceed light level measurements as recommended in RP33, Table 2.141 3 (6) All ATM and bank lighting shall conform to the provisions of the New York State ATM Safety Act, as contained in the New York State Banking Law § 75-a et seq., and the provisions of this article. (7) All Long Island Power Authority leased preexisting nonconforming unshielded floodlight fixtures, including GE Powerflood, Mercury Vapor fixtures, and all one- thousand-watt fixtures shall not be relamped, repaired or replaced. G. All Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) leased preexisting nonconforming fixtures shall be replaced on or before December 31, 2010, with full cutoff fixtures and must meet the light solutions "Installation and Criteria" as adopted by LIPA on March 24, 2006: (1) Light levels shall not exceed recommendations (Table 1). H. Prohibited exterior lighting. The following types of lighting are prohibited: (1) Searchlights, except those used for governmental, emergency and law enforcement purposes. (2) Strobe lights, laser lights, or revolving lighting. (3) Neon lights, except as legally permitted. (4) Blinking, pulsating, tracing, or flashing lights, unless temporarily triggered by a security system. (5) Any light fixture that may be construed as or confused with a traffic signal, traffic control device or maritime navigational markers. (6) Lighting that is determined by municipal law enforcement personnel to contribute to disabling or distracting glare into a public roadway. (7) Any light fixture located within a designated nature preserve, easement, or waterway. (8) Illuminated signs without a municipal permit. (9) Nonmunicipal recreational field lighting, including but not limited to tennis, basketball and handball courts, and sports fields, including but not limited to baseball, soccer, and football, without site plan approval and a building permit. (10)Privately owned or leased light fixtures located on public utility poles or located in the public right-of-way are prohibited. (11)No exterior LED light fixtures shall exceed 3,000K. 4 (12) Mercury Vapor. (13) Unshielded LED lamps, except as exempt for holiday lighting. (14)Metal halide, except as approved by the Town Engineer and only when the correlated color temperature (CCT) is less than 3,200 K and when the are tube of the lamp is enclosed with a protective acrylic or tempered glass shroud. 5