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Title 17 ZONING
Division III. Development Standards
Chapter 17.68 LANDSCAPING AND PAVING REGULATIONS
17.68.030 Other site requirements.
B. Exterior Lighting. Lighting, if provided,
shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets.
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.160 PARKWAY CORRIDOR (PC) OVERLAY ZONE
17.160.080 Development regulations.
B. Height.
1. Definition of Height. ... lighting stand...
3. Maximum Height.
a. The height of any building, structure, sign, pole, lighting standard...
D. Color and Glare.
1. Buildings,
structures, signs (except the graphic features thereof) poles, lighting
standards and other improvements shall have an exterior surface which
is painted in earth tones or finished in one or more of the following
materials:
H. Exterior Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be
shielded at the source and shall be directed away from the American
River parkway to the greatest degree possible. (Ord. 99-015 § 5-3.6-H)
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.160 PARKWAY CORRIDOR (PC) OVERLAY ZONE
17.160.110 Site plan review.
In order to insure compliance with the terms of this section
those applications forwarded to the planning director pursuant to
Section 17.160.100 of this chapter shall include the following where
applicable:
7. Exterior lighting standards and devices, and ...
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.152 ASCOT AVENUE (AOL) OVERLAY ZONE
17.152.040 Development standards.
A. The following development standards shall apply to
all uses designated with a number or “yes†on the use chart in Section
17.152.030 of this chapter. These development standards shall
constitute minimum standards for those uses which require a special
permit on the use chart.
b.7. Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be directed away from adjacent residential uses.
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 8.08 SOCIAL NUISANCE CODE
8.08.230 Decision of the hearing officer.
...The actions ordered shall be reasonable and may include, but shall not be limited to:
A. Provision of additional exterior lighting;
17.24.050 Footnotes to the land use charts.
The following footnotes apply to the land use indicated by corresponding number in the Land Use Charts.
39. Towing Service/Vehicle Storage Yard in C-4, M-1, M-1(S), M-2 or M-2(S) Zone. ...
A towing service and vehicle storage yard for the temporary storage of
vehicles is a permitted use in this zone subject to compliance with the
following development standards:
b. Lighting of driveway entrances,
office entrances, parking areas, and storage areas shall be provided.
All outside lighting shall be arranged and shielded so as to prevent
glare or reflection or any nuisance, inconvenience, and hazardous
interference of any kind on adjoining streets or property.
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 12.36 AWNINGS AND CANOPIES
12.36.030 Permit—Requirements.
No building permit for the installation of an awning projecting over
public property or a sidewalk canopy will be granted by the building
inspector unless the following requirements are complied with:
G. Stationary awnings or those not normally retracted
flat against the building at night shall be provided with artificial
light to light all portions of the sidewalk below with at least an
average of one and two-tenths horizontal foot candles (lumens per
square foot). The lowest foot-candle value at any point below the
awning shall not be less than one-fourth the average value provided.
Such lighting shall be provided between dusk and dawn each day of the
year. Failure to maintain such lighting requirements shall be cause for
revoking the building permit.
Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.06 ADULT-ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES, ADULT PERFORMERS AND FIGURE MODELS
5.06.260 Development standards.
The following development standards and requirements shall apply to
adult-entertainment businesses, including those providing live
entertainment depicting or displaying specified anatomical areas or
involving specified sexual activities:
C. All off-street parking areas and premise
entries of the adult-entertainment business shall be illuminated from
dusk to closing hours of operation with a lighting system that provides
an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot candle of
light on the parking surface and/or walkways. The required lighting
level is established in order to provide sufficient illumination of the
parking areas and walkways serving the sexually-oriented business for
the personal safety of patrons and employees and to reduce the
incidence of vandalism and criminal conduct. The lighting shall be
shown on the required sketch or diagram of the premises.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.36 FIRE CODE ADOPTED
15.36.1007 Amendment of Article 10, Section 1007, fire alarm systems.
Subsection 1007.2.2.2, System initiation, is amended to read as follows:
Activation of the fire alarm system shall
immediately initiate a local alarm (see UFC Standard 14-1) which is
audible above the ambient noise level of the assembly occupancy. A
single smoke detector monitored by an alarm verification zone, the
automatic sprinkler system or other approved fire detection device
shall automatically:
3. Cause illumination
of the exit path with light of not less than one foot candle at the
walking surface.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article III Signs Permitted in Zoning Districts of City
15.148.110 Residential zones.
Within any R residential zone, signs or nameplates are permitted as follows:
F. All illuminated signs in the
residential zones, including bulletin boards, shall be indirectly
illuminated. Directly illuminated signs are allowed subject to approval
of a zoning administrator’s special permit. (Prior code § 3.04.061)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article IV General Requirements and Limitations
15.148.470 Signs located on architectural projections not extending over a public right-of-way.
B. Such signs shall not project beyond
the face of the architectural projection. Such signs, if illuminated,
shall be double-faced signs, with a minimum of four inches and a
maximum of eighteen (18) inches between faces. No exposed tubing or
incandescent lamps are permitted. All such lighting devices shall be
protected by acceptable shatterproof material.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article XVII Definitions
15.148.1170 Generally.
Directly illuminated sign†means any sign designed to provide
artificial light directly or through transparent or translucent
material from a source of light within or on such sign, including, but
not limited, to neon and incandescent lamp signs.
Flashing sign†means an illuminated sign which exhibits changing light
or color effect by blinking or any other such means so as to provide a
nonconstant illumination.
Indirectly illuminated sign†means a sign whose illumination is derived
entirely from an external artificial source which is arranged so that
no direct rays of light are projected from such artificial source into
residences or streets.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article III Signs Permitted in Zoning Districts of City
15.148.190 CBD-SPD and arts and entertainment district boundary.
Within the CBD-SPD (C-3 zone) and the arts and
entertainment district boundary, the following sign regulations shall
apply:
7. Office Towers—Attached Signs. Signage
on office buildings above the street-wall or building base as defined
in Section 4.0 of the architectural design guide-lines is allowed
subject to the following provisions:
d. Illumination. Symbols/logos may be
non-illuminated or internally illuminated to create a halo backlighted
effect. Internally illuminated symbols/logos shall be lighted with
white neon tubing and thirty (30) milliamperes transformers.
Lighting shall not produce a glare on other
properties in the vicinity, and the source of the light shall not be
visible from adjacent property or a public Street.
Internally lit plastic signs are prohibited.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article XI. Special Signs and Sign Districts
15.148.860 Freeway—Onsite signs.
No onsite signs shall be altered or relocated
within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the exterior right-of-way line
of any portion of a freeway or of a route for a freeway which has been
adopted by the State Highway Commission, if the copy of such onsite
sign is or would be visible by persons traveling on those portions of
the freeway or proposed freeway located within six hundred sixty (660)
feet of the sign, unless such signs comply with all applicable
regulations of this chapter and with the following additional
regulations. Where the regulations of this section conflict with
regulations of another section, the more restrictive regulation shall
prevail.
b. Number. One sign per building of
freeway frontage above twenty (20) feet in height. If the building has
multiple freeway frontage, the applicant/owner may select which
building face on which to attach the sign.
ii. Individual solid metal letters shall be applied to the building face
(C) Fabricated sheet metal letters...
c. Illumination.
i. Letters may
be internally illuminated to create a halo back-lighted effect or
nonilluminated. Internally illuminated letters shall be lighted with
white neon tubing and thirty (30) milliamperes transformers.
ii. Lighting shall not
produce a glare on other properties in the vicinity and the source of
light shall not be visible from adjacent property or a public street.
iii. Internally lit plastic signs are prohibited.
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.96 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICT
17.96.060 Sign regulations.
The following sign regulations shall apply in the CBD-SPD and in the arts and entertainment district:
7. Office Towers—Attached Signs. Signage..
d. Illumination. Symbols/logos may be
nonilluminated or internally illuminated to create a halo backlighted
effect. Internally illuminated symbols/logos shall be lighted with
white neon tubing and thirty (30) milliamperes transformers.
Lighting shall not produce a glare on other
properties in the vicinity, and the source of light shall not be
visible from adjacent property or a public street.
Internally lit plastic signs are prohibited.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.152 OLD SACRAMENTO SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT
15.152.120 Prohibited signs.
P. A sign or non-sign illumination mechanism that contains any of the following:
1. Neon or neon like material;
2. Flashing or non-constant lighting;
3. String lighting;
4. Rope lighting;
5. Spot lighting;
6. Fiber optics, or
illumination that is not consistent with the historic period between
1849 and 1875.
T. A neon or illuminated sign within a business directed to outside pedestrians or traffic.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.80 PERSONAL SAFETY BUILDING CODE
15.80.020 Personal safety.
All projects shall be reviewed to determine the levels of
public and personal safety provided. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 15.80.030 and 15.80.040 of this chapter, each individual
living unit shall meet the following minimum requirements:
B. Aisles, passageways and recesses
related to and within the building complex shall be illuminated with an
intensity of at least twenty-five one-hundredths minimum maintained
footcandle of light as measured at ground level during the hours of
darkness. These lighting devices shall be protected by weather and
vandal resistent covers.
Title 17 ZONING
Division II. Zoning Districts and Land Use Regulations
Part 2. Land Use Regulations/Development Standards for Specific Zoning Districts
Chapter 17.32 SPORTS COMPLEX (SPX) ZONE
17.32.040 Development standards.
Site design and development standards shall be
established with each planned unit development. These standards shall
include, but not be limited to, setbacks, height, parking, landscaping,
signage, exterior building materials, lighting, and
mechanical/utility/communications equipment. (Ord. 99-015 § 2-3.2-D)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.20 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
15.20.4407 Addition to Section 4407(a) of the UBC.
The following is added to Section 4407(a) of the UBC:
Lighting of canopies or walkways shall be
provided as required by Section 15.40.030 of the Sacramento City Code.
Title 17 ZONING
Division III. Development Standards
Chapter 17.68 LANDSCAPING AND PAVING REGULATIONS
17.68.030 Other site requirements.
B. Exterior Lighting. Lighting, if provided,
shall reflect away from residential areas and public streets
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.92 SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICTS GENERALLY
17.92.050 Mandatory contents of SPD ordinance.
E. Design standards including, but not
limited to, an overall design theme, facade treatments, lighting, and
signing requirements;
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article IX Nonconforming Signs and Uses
15.148.790 Alteration or removal of certain nonconforming signs.
A. At no cost to the city,
signs existing in 1970 and rendered nonconforming by Ordinance No. 2868
shall be removed, or altered so as to comply with the provisions of
this article, within the following time limits:
1. Within one year from the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868:
d. Signs emitting sound, odor, or visible
matter and exposed neon tubing, incandescent lighting or other
artificial lighting or an equivalent effect used for the purpose of
outlining a building.
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.40 CONSTRUCTION SITE REGULATIONS
Article I Use of Public Property
15.40.030 Lighting requirements.
All canopies and walkways shall be provided
with the equivalent of not less than one hundred (100) watt electric
lights which shall be located not more than twenty-five (25) feet apart
and shall adequately light the entire length of the canopy or walkway
and connecting ramps to the sidewalk.
When a canopy or walkway is located in or on
the public street or alley or located near enough to the edge of the
curb to be a hazard to vehicles, red warning lights of not less than
one hundred (100) watts shall be placed at each end of the canopy or
walkway and additional red lights spaced so that there is not more than
fifty (50) feet between such warning lights. Such lights shall be
placed on the street side of the canopy or walkway. (Prior code §
9.08.372)
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.130 FREEPORT SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICT
17.130.060 Development standards.
The following development standards shall
apply to all development, including the expansion of existing
buildings, within the Freeport SPD:
L. Lighting. The
following lighting regulations shall apply in the Freeport SPD:
1. Lighting design
shall be such as not to produce hazardous and annoying glare to
motorists and building occupants, adjacent residents or the public;
2. Lighting shall be
designed in such a manner as to provide safety, comfort, and security
for occupants of the development and the public; and
3. Lighting shall be
oriented away from adjacent properties within the SPD, shall not
produce a glare or reflection or any nuisance, inconvenience or
hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or property. In
addition, the source of the light shall not be visible from adjacent
property or a public street. (Ord. 2004-021 § 1 (part))
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.160 PARKWAY CORRIDOR (PC) OVERLAY ZONE
17.160.110 Site plan review.
In order to insure compliance with the terms
of this section those applications forwarded to the planning director
pursuant to Section 17.160.100 of this chapter shall include the
following where applicable:
7. Exterior lighting standards and devices, and
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.152 ASCOT AVENUE (AOL) OVERLAY ZONE
17.152.040 Development standards.
A. The following development
standards shall apply to all uses designated with a number or “yes†on
the use chart in Section 17.152.030 of this chapter. These development
standards shall constitute minimum standards for those uses which
require a special permit on the use chart.
7. Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be directed away from adjacent residential uses.
Title 17 ZONING
Division II. Zoning Districts and Land Use Regulations
Part 2. Land Use Regulations/Development Standards for Specific Zoning Districts
Chapter 17.40 MANUFACTURING- INDUSTRIAL PARK (MIP) ZONE
17.40.040 Development standards
I. Lighting.
Lighting shall be designed in such a manner as to provide safety and
comfort for occupants of the development and the general public.
Lighting shall not produce hazardous and annoying glare to motorists,
building occupants, adjacent residents, and for the general public.
Lighting shall be oriented away from properties adjacent to the
industrial park.
Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.44 CHRISTMAS TREE LOTS
5.44.010 Permitted.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the Title 17 of this code, to
the contrary, a temporary Christmas tree lot may be established in any
zone in accordance with the following provisions:
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 8.08 SOCIAL NUISANCE CODE
If it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that behaviors
occurring on the premises constitute a public nuisance and that the
owner of the premises has not taken adequate steps to abate the
nuisance as prescribed by the director, the board shall issue a written
decision declaring the premises a public nuisance. The hearing officer
may affirm, reject or modify any administrative penalty imposed on the
owner by the director based upon the severity of the nuisance-creating
behaviors on the premises and the owner’s efforts, or lack thereof, to
remedy the problem. The administrative penalty may be adjusted if the
hearing officer finds that imposition of the penalty would work a
substantial undue economic hardship on the owner or tenants. The
hearing officer may order the owner to take such action it deems
appropriate to abate the nuisance. The actions ordered shall be
reasonable and may include, but shall not be limited to:
A. Provision of additional exterior lighting;
Title 16 SUBDIVISIONS
Chapter 16.48 IMPROVEMENTS
16.48.110 Improvement requirements.
The improvements required by this chapter as
conditions of approval of the final map or parcel map may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
J. Install or provide for the
installation of street lighting facilities of approved design and
illumination in the locations and manner approved by the city manager’s
designee;
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.148 SIGNS
Article XVII Definitions
15.148.1170 Generally.
The following words and phrases when used in
this chapter shall be construed as defined in this section:
“Animated sign†means any sign which is
designed and constructed to give a message through a sequence of
progressive changes of parts or lights or degree of lighting.
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.120 RICHARDS BOULEVARD SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICT
17.120.020 Richards Boulevard special regulations.
Development applications shall be subject to
the land use objectives, policies, development standards and design
guidelines set forth in the Richards Boulevard area plan. Unless
otherwise provided, development within the Richards Boulevard SPD shall
be subject to the following special rules and regulations, in addition
to the other regulations of this title. In the event of conflict
between the provisions of this section and other provisions of this
title, these provisions shall prevail.
(B) Courtyards and plazas shall incorporate, but not be limited to, one or more of the following features:
7. Lighting.
(C) Courtyard and plaza features
shall be complimentary to the building architecture. Design elements,
materials, colors, and lighting should be contextual with the proposed
building or existing adjacent buildings.
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.124 RAILYARDS SPECIAL PLANNING DISTRICT
17.124.100 Residential development within the railyards site.
GROUND LEVEL RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE USES
Lighting Store
Title 17 ZONING
Division V. Special Districts
Chapter 17.160 PARKWAY CORRIDOR (PC) OVERLAY ZONE
17.160.060 Conditions of approval.
In granting any special permit, the commission may
attach such conditions as it deems necessary to implement the general
plan and the American River parkway plan and to protect the scenic,
recreational, fishery, and wildlife value of the American River
parkway, including but not limited to the following:
H. Control of location, number, color, size, height,
lighting and landscaping of signs in addition to the requirements of
Section 17.160.080(F) and (G) of this chapter;
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15.80 PERSONAL SAFETY BUILDING CODE
15.80.020 Personal safety.
All projects shall be reviewed to determine
the levels of public and personal safety provided. Except as otherwise
provided in Sections 15.80.030 and 15.80.040 of this chapter, each
individual living unit shall meet the following minimum requirements:
A. All open parking lots and
carports shall be provided with a minimum maintained one footcandle of
light as measured at the parking surface, from one half-hour before
sunset until one half-hour after sunrise. All lighting devices shall be
equipped with weather and vandal resistent covers. Lighting shall be
engineered so as not to produce direct glare or “stray light†on
adjacent properties.
B. Aisles, passageways
and recesses related to and within the building complex shall be
illuminated with an intensity of at least twenty-five one-hundredths
minimum maintained footcandle of light as measured at ground level
during the hours of darkness. These lighting devices shall be protected
by weather and vandal resistent covers.