Los Alamitos Municipal Code (selected sections relating to lighting)
 

Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.32 MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
5.32.060 Massage establishment facilities and operations requirements.
       All massage establishments shall comply with the following facilities and
       operations requirements:
       E. All plumbing and electrical installations shall be installed under permit and
       inspection of the building inspection department and such installations shall
       be installed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Uniform
       Building Code, Uniform Plumbing Code and other applicable codes. Minimum
       lighting shall be provided in accordance with the Uniform Building Code, and
       at least one artificial light of not less than forty (40) watts shall be provided in
       each enclosed room or booth where massage services are being performed on
       a patron or customer.

Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.08 UNIFORM FIRE CODE
15.08.060 Article 10 amended.
       Article 10--Fire-Protection Systems and Equipment is amended as follows:
       Section 1001.1 Scope is amended by adding a paragraph as follows:

       All power, lighting, signal and communication facilities specified in Sections
       1008.4, 1008.5, 1008.6, 1008.7, 1008.8, 1008.9, and 1008.10, as applicable;
       fire pumps, required to maintain pressure; stair pressurization fans; standby
       lighting; and normal circuits supplying exit signs and exit illumination shall be
       transferable to the standby source.
       Section 1008.9.2 Standby Lighting. See the adopted Uniform Building Code.
       Section 1008.9.3 Emergency Systems. The following are classified as
       emergency systems and shall operate within 10 seconds of failure of the
       normal power supply:
       3.1. Required exit sign and exit illumination
       3.2. Elevator car lighting

Title 16 SUBDIVISIONS
Chapter 16.12 STANDARDS OF DESIGN
16.12.170 Street lighting.
       Street lighting shall be provided along, and at the intersections of all arterial
       highways and local streets in accordance with the illumination levels specified
       in the standard plans except as otherwise approved by the city engineer. (Ord.
       580 § 2 Exh. A (part), 1994)

Title 16 SUBDIVISIONS
Chapter 16.12 STANDARDS OF DESIGN
16.12.170 Street lighting.
       Street lighting shall be provided along, and at the intersections of all arterial
       highways and local streets in accordance with the illumination levels specified
       in the standard plans except as otherwise approved by the city engineer. (Ord.
       580 § 2 Exh. A (part), 1994)

Title 17 ZONING
Chapter 17.24 GENERAL USE AND DESIGN STANDARDS
17.24.260 Halloween pumpkin sales and Christmas tree sales--Temporary use permits.
A. Halloween Pumpkin Sales.
       1. Permits Required. A temporary use permit, including the appropriate filing
       fee, shall be required for all requests to operate a Halloween pumpkin sales
       facility. A plot plan indicating the location of any temporary fences or trailers,
       festoon lighting, temporary power poles, pumpkin sales area, parking area
       and any other equipment, shall be included as part of temporary use permit
       request. The applicant will be required to comply with all conditions of approval
       of the temporary use permit.

B. Christmas Tree Sales.
       1. Permits Required. A temporary use permit, including the appropriate filing
       fee, shall be required for all requests to operate a Christmas tree sales facility.
       A plot plan indicating the location of any temporary fences or trailers, festoon
       lighting, temporary power poles, Christmas tree sales area, parking area and
       any other equipment, shall be included as part of the temporary use permit
       request. The applicant will be required to comply with all conditions of approval
       of the temporary use permit.

Chapter 17.34 SIGNS
17.34.020 General.
       A. Sign Maintenance. All signs and sign structures shall be kept in good
       repair, including replacement of defective parts and illuminating fixtures,
       repainting and cleaning, and otherwise in a presentable condition such that
       they do not detract from the appearance of the surrounding area. Failure to
       maintain all signs and sign structures in good repair shall constitute a
       nuisance which shall be subject to the provisions of Section 17.54.130 of this
       title.

        B. Materials, Design and Construction.
        4. Electric signs shall be indirectly illuminated. Illumination shall be either from
       the interior of a sign, behind letters (back lighting), channel lighting
       illuminated from finished grade, or another indirect lighting source. Letters
       and logos may be internally lit but sign background shall be opaque.
       Illumination shall be considered excessive and not permitted when it prevents
       the normal perception of buildings or structures beyond or in the vicinity of the
       sign or when it shines directly onto residential zones or in any public or private
       right-of-way.

Chapter 17.34 SIGNS
17.34.100 Prohibited signs.
       Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this section, all signs are
       expressly prohibited, including, but not limited to the following:

       H. Light Bulb Strings and Exposed Tubing. External displays, other than
       temporary decorative holiday lighting (Section 17.34.050, exempt signs),
       which consist of unshielded light bulbs are prohibited.

Chapter 17.34 SIGNS
17.34.120 Definitions.
       For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the
       meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

       "Directly illuminated sign" means any sign designed to provide artificial light,
       either through exposed lighting on the sign face or through transparent or
       translucent material from a light source within the sign, including but not
       limited to exposed neon signs.

       "Electronic message sign" means a directly illuminated sign which presents
       variable advertising messages displayed by an electronically controlled
       lighting pattern against a contrasting background, and which may be
       programmed to change the message display periodically.
 

Chapter 17.36 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
17.36.070 Site development standards for off-street parking area.
       4. Lighting shall be provided in the parking area to the specifications of the
       director of community and economic development; in all cases, such lighting
       shall be arranged so that direct rays do not shine into adjacent property.

Title 17 ZONING
Chapter 17.48 ADULT USE ZONING REGULATIONS
17.48.032 Location, design and performance standards.
       A. An adult-oriented business shall not be established or located within five
       hundred (500) feet of:
      10. Any person who operates or causes to be operated an adult-oriented
       business, ... shall comply with the following requirements:
       a. Upon application for an adult-oriented business license, the application shall
       be accompanied by a diagram of the premises showing a plan thereof
       specifying the location of one or more manager's stations, the location of all
       overhead lighting fixtures, and designating any portion of the premises in
       which patrons shall not be permitted. A manager's station(s) shall not exceed
       thirty-two (32) square feet of floor area.

      11. An on-site security program shall be prepared and implemented including
       the following items:

       a. All off-street parking areas and building entries serving the adult-oriented
       business shall be illuminated during all hours of operation with a lighting
       system designed to provide an average maintained horizontal illumination of
       one foot candle of light on the parking surface and/or walkway. This required
       lighting level is established in order to provide sufficient illumination of the
       parking areas and walkways serving the adult-oriented business for the
       personal safety of patrons and employees and to reduce the incidence of
       vandalism and theft. The lighting shall be shown on the required site or plot
       plan and shall be subject to review for compliance through the design review
       process by the community development director and the chief of police.

       b. All interior portions of the adult-oriented business, except those areas
       devoted to mini-motion or motion pictures, shall be illuminated during all hours
       of operation with a lighting system designed to provide a minimum
       maintained horizontal illumination of not less than two foot candles of light.