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ORDINANCE NO, 4725
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
CODE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE BY REMOVING OR
AMENDING SECTIONS REGARDING OUTDOOR LIGHTING
INSTALLATIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville City Council on June 21 , 2005 adopted
Chapter 176 Outdoor Lighting; and
WHEREAS, the current Unified Development Ordinance references outdoor
lighting installations in three separate sections that could conflict with the updated
outdoor lighting ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1 : That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby
amends the Unified Development Code of Fayetteville by repealing § 161.24 Design
Overlay District (D)(4) Lighting.
Section 2 : That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby
amends the Unified Development Code of Fayetteville by repealing § 172.04 Parking
Lot Design Standards (D) Illumination of Parking Areas.
Section 3 : That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby
amends Chapter 166 of the Unified Development Code of Fayetteville by repealing §
166.03 (.n Streetlights in its entirety and enacts a new § 166.03 (.n:
"Streetlights shall be installed at each intersection or
cul-de-sac and along each side of the street or cul-de-
sac at intervals of no more than 300 feet."
PASSED and APPROVED this 19th day of July, 2005 .
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
To: Mayor and City Council
Thru: Gary Dumas, Director of Operations
Tim Conklin, Development Ombudsman
Jeremy Pate, Director of Current Planning
From: Leif Olson, Associate Long Range Planner
Date: June 30, 2005
Subject: Amend the UDC and remove sections regarding outdoor lighting
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval of an ordinance amending the Unified Development
Code of the City of Fayetteville, by removing sections regarding outdoor lighting
installations.
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopted Chapter 176: Outdoor Lighting, to the Unified Development
Code on June 21 , 2005 . The new Outdoor Lighting Ordinance will regulate all future
outdoor lighting installations and therefore, previous outdoor lighting standards located in
the Unified Development Code should be removed to prevent conflicts within the Code.
Proposal: Planning Staff proposes removing the following sections of the Unified
Development Code to the City of Fayetteville.
Section 161.24 Design Overlay District (D) (4) Lighting. Parking lot lighting
shall be designed and located in such a manner to preserve the scenic appearance
of the corridor. Lighting shall be shielded and directed downward to the parking
lot, and light spread shall not reflect into the adjacent neighborhood. Lighting
shall not exceed 35 feet in height and shall utilize sodium lighting fixtures.
Section 172.04 Parking Lot Design Standards (D) Illumination of Parking
Areas. Parking areas may be illuminated. All lighting shall be: shielded and
directed away from adjoining properties; attached to on-site buildings or fences
where possible; and shall not be excessively bright or cause a glare that would be
hazardous to pedestrians or vehicles. Only high pressure sodium lighting or
energy equivalent are allowed.
Request: Staff requests amending the Unified Development Code to the City of
Fayetteville by removing these sections.
BUDGETIMPACT
None.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XV, UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS REGARDING
OUTDOOR LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS.
WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville adopted Chapter 176 Outdoor Lighting; and,
WHEREAS, the current Unified Development Ordinance references outdoor
lighting installations in three separate sections.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas,
hereby repeals § 161 .24 Design Overlay District (D) (4) Lighting.
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas,
hereby repeals § 172.04 Parking Lot Design Standards (D) Illumination of Parking
Areas.
PASSED and APPROVED this 1911, day of July, 2005.
APPROVED:
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(D) Nonresidential site design and development
standards. Propety tine)
(1 ) Greenspace. A minimum of 25 feet of
landscaped greenspace exclusive of
right-of-way shall be provided along the Minimum
highway right-of-way and any public 19"
street to which the development has
frontage. Parking lots shall not
encroach into the greenspace and shall
be screened when abutting a required i
greenspace area. Trees shall be Minimum Sian
planted at the interval of one tree per 30 -Distance from
linear feet of greenspace area when Property Line
practicable.
(b) Wall signs. One wall sign may be
(2) Signage. installed per business. Sign area
shall not exceed 20% of that wall
(a) Nonresidential free-standing signs. area or 200 square feet, whichever
is less. A second sign may be
(i) Each separate nonresidential allowed if it is determined that the
lot will be allowed a single structure has more than one front
ground-mounted (monument) facing a street or highway right-of-
sign located on the building way.
site. In the case of lots with
double frontage, two ground- (c) Illumination. Only indirect lighting
mounted (monument) signs may be used for illumination of all
shall be allowed. signs.
(ii) The sign shall be a maximum (d) Multiple tenants. The owner of the
of six feet high, 75 square feet building shall be responsible for the
in area, and setback a provisions of one monument sign
minimum of 10 feet from the with sign area for multiple tenants.
property line.
(e) Sign content. Content of
monument and wall signs shall be
limited to the name of the business.
75 Square.Feet Advertising shall not be permitted
Maximum on the structure, wall sign or
monument.
(3) Curb cuts. One curb shall be allowed
per 200 feet of frontage. No curb cuts
shall be allowed within 250 feet of any
intersection.
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TITLE XV. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
172.04 Parking Lot Design Standards moving other vehicles. Vehicles shall exit the
(See: Illustration: Parking Dimension Factors) parking lot in a forward motion.
(A) Maneuvering. Parking lots shall be designated, (B) Compact spaces. A maximum of 35% of the total
maintained, and regulated so that no parking or spaces may be compact spaces. Compact
maneuvering incidental to parking will encroach spaces shall be marked either by marking on the
into the areas designated for sidewalks, streets, pavement or by separate marker.
or required landscaping except as provided for in
§172.07(6)(2). Parking lots shall be designed so (C) Dimensional requirements. (See Table 1)
that parking and unparking can occur without
Parking Dimension Factors
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TABLE 1
DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Width Curb length One-way Two-way Stall depth
Angle aisle width aisle width
(AI Type (in k.) (in k.) (in ft.) (In ft.) (in ft.)
(B) (C) (D) (D) (E)
00 Standard 8 22.5 12 24 8
Parallel Compact 7.5 19.5 12 24 7.5
30' Standard 9 18 12 24 17
Compact 7.5 15 12 24 14
45° Standard 9 12.5 12 24 19
Compact 7.5 10.5 12 24 16
600 Standard 9 10.5 18 24 20
Compact 1 7.5 1 8.5 1 15 24 16.5
90' Standard 9 9 24 24 19
Compact 7.5 7.5 22 24 15
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TITLE XV. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
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(E) Parking lot entrances. ZC6® e Insufficient
8 Throat Length
(1 ) Throat length. The length of driveways ® aD
or "throat length" shall be designed in
accordance with the anticipated storage CCD iPi ® (7Z
length for vehicles to prevent them from
backing into the flow of traffic on the Q
public street or causing unsafe conflicts
with on-site circulation. General
standards appear below, but these
requirements may vary according to the
project volume of the individual Priori should be _
driveway. These measures generally lven to Inbound
are acceptable for the principal access ®traffc _
to a property and are not intended for
minor driveways. Variation from these
standards may be permitted for goode Throat
cause upon approval of the Zoning and �c1 �nC '
Development Administrator and City ® ® C!
Engineer.
(2) Entrances and internal aisle design.
The driveway width into parking lots
shall meet the following guidelines:
TABLE 2
GENERALLY ADEQUATE (a) Entrances.
DRIVEWAY THROAT LENGTHS
(i) One-way. If the driveway is a
Shopping Centers >200,000 GLA' 200 flq one-way in or one-way out
(Signalized) 800 s aces drive, then the aisle widths
Smaller shall be 12 feet wide up to a
Developments <200,000 GLA' 75-95 R. maximum of 15 feet wide.
(Signalized)
Unsignalized -- 40-60 R. (ii) Two-way. For two-way access,
Driveways each entrance lane shall be a
minimum of 12 feet wide and a
maximum of 15 feet wide.
'GLA-Gross leaseable area Whenever more than two lanes
Commentary. The throat lengths in Table 2 are are proposed, entrance and
provided to assure adequate stacking space within exit lanes shall be divided by a
parking lot driveways for general land use intensities. curbed, raised, landscaped
This helps prevent vehicles from stacking into the median. The median shall be
thoroughfare as they attempt to enter the parking lot. 10 feet wide If three lanes are
High traffic generators, such as large shopping plazas, being proposed or 15 feet wide
need much greater throat length than smaller if four lanes are proposed.
developments or those with unsignalized driveways.
The guidelines here for larger developments refer to the
primary access drive. Reduced throat lengths may be (iii) Major thoroughfares.
permitted for secondary access drives serving large Driveways that enter the major
developments, thoroughfare at traffic signals
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must have at least two (b) Internal circulation drives.
outbound lanes (one for each
turning direction) and one (i) Aisles shall be designed so
inbound lane. , that they intersect at 90
degrees with internal drives
(iv) Curb radius. All commercial where practicable.
driveways should have a
minimum curb radius of 25 (ii) Aisles shall be designed to
feet. discourage cut-through traffic
by use of landscape islands.
(iii) Aisles shall conform to
§174.04(C) with the exception
of aisles that conned to
commercial driveways. Aisles
connecting to commercial
driveways may be permitted to
be 27 feet in width when the
driveway is in conformance
with §171 . 13(6)(6).
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City of Fayetteville
Staff Review Form
City Council Agenda Items
or
Contracts
19-Jul-05
City Council Meeting Date
Leif Olson Planning and Development Operations
Submitted By Division Department
Action Required:
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT: Submitted by Leif Olson for an ordinance amendment to remove
sections in the Unified Development Ordinance that reference outdoor lighting installations and could be in conflict with the
recently approved Chapter 176 Outdoor Lighting Ordinace.
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M r Date
Comments:
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
To: Mayor and City Council
Thru: Gary Dumas, Director of Operations
Tim Conklin, Development Ombudsman
Jeremy Pate, Director of Current Planning
From: Leif Olson, Associate Long Range Planner
Date: July 12, 2005
Subject: Amend the UDC and remove sections regarding outdoor lighting
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval of an ordinance amending the Unified Development
Code of the City of Fayetteville, by removing sections regarding outdoor lighting
installations.
BACKGROUND
The City Council adopted Chapter 176: Outdoor Lighting, to the Unified Development
Code on June 21 , 2005. The new Outdoor Lighting Ordinance will regulate all future
outdoor lighting installations and therefore, previous outdoor lighting standards located in
the Unified Development Code should be removed to prevent conflicts within the Code.
Proposal: Planning Staff proposes removing the following sections of the Unified
Development Code to the City of Fayetteville.
Section 161.24 Design Overlay District (D) (4) Lighting. Parking lot lighting
shall be designed and located in such a manner to preserve the scenic appearance
of the corridor. Lighting shall be shielded and directed downward to the parking
lot, and light spread shall not reflect into the adjacent neighborhood. Lighting
shall not exceed 35 feet in height and shall utilize sodium lighting fixtures.
Section 172.04 Parking Lot Design Standards (D) Illumination of Parking
Areas. Parking areas may be illuminated. All lighting shall be: shielded and
directed away from adjoining properties; attached to on-site buildings or fences
where possible; and shall not be excessively bright or cause a glare that would be
hazardous to pedestrians or vehicles. Only high pressure sodium lighting or
energy equivalent are allowed.
Planning Staff proposes striking the following language in the Unified Development
Code to the City of Fayetteville.
Chapter 166.03 Required On-Site Improvements — Subdivisions in the City
Limits. (.n Streetlights. StaRa.._a 8,000 ,..,..e., ...f.,..._.. ..,,.,,._ OF , ,.... .._e..... ._„
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sadium treetlights shall be installed at each intersection or cul-de-sac and along
one side of each street or cul-de-sac at intervals of no more than 300 feet;
,._,.. .idea' streetlights of highe_ : .,,.nsity ffi ..r be required at with
nnus1ornlruekn P nHuwal nMeets.
Request: Staff requests amending the Unified Development Code to the City of
Fayetteville by removing and amending these sections.
BUDGETIMPACT
None.