10.495 Street Lighting and Pedestrian-Scale Street Lighting.
Street lighting shall be required of new development having frontage on a public or private street, and shall be furnished and installed by the developer in accordance with the standards in either Subsections (1) or (2). The street lighting and pedestrian scale street lighting requirements of the Southeast Overlay District shall be as specified in 10.380. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the City shall assume ownership and payment of on-going electrical energy costs for new street lights and pedestrian scale street lights within public street rights-of-way upon acceptance of the lights by the City.
(1) Standard Street Lighting Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in 10.495, the design and improvement standards for street lighting and pedestrian-scale street lighting are as described in the “City of Medford Street Lighting Standards and Specifications”, a copy of which is on file in the Public Works Department and hereby adopted.
(a) Quantity and Spacing. Street lights shall be installed at least every 220 feet except in the following situations:
(i) Cul-de-sacs shall have at least one (1) street light regardless of length.
(ii) Industrial streets as defined herein shall have at least one (1) street light at each street intersection.
(iii) Developments having 200 or more feet of frontage on an existing street shall have at least one (1) street light for the first 200 feet plus one (1) street light per each 220 feet of additional frontage.
(iv) Developments having less than 200 feet of frontage on an existing street shall enter into a Deferred Improvement Agreement for future street light installation.
(b) Illuminance. Street lighting shall meet the following illuminance standards. The illuminance values, expressed in footcandles as defined herein, represent roadway average maintained values.
Street Classification | Commercially Zoned Areas | All Other Areas |
|---|---|---|
Arterial | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Collector | 1.2 | 0.9 |
All Other Classifications | 0.9 | 0.6 |
(c) Shielding. Street lights and pedestrian-scale street lights shall be designed or shielded so as to prevent light from being emitted above the fixture.
(d) Street Trees. The location of street lights and pedestrian-scale street lights shall be coordinated with street tree planting plans where required or utilized.
(2) Non-Standard and Private Street Lighting and Pedestrian Scale Street Lighting Requirements.
The approving authority may authorize the use of non-standard or private street lighting, including pedestrian scale street lighting, where such lighting is equal to or better than the standards of 10.495(1) as determined by the Director of the Medford Public Works Department or his/her designee.
(a) Public Streets. For public streets, street lighting and pedestrian-scale street lighting that differs from the standard street lighting requirements may be installed on streets other than collectors and arterials, in accordance with the following:
(i) At least one street light shall be installed at each street intersection and at any pedestrian street crossing other than at street intersections; and,
(ii) Street lights or pedestrian-scale street lights shall be installed to maintain an illuminance of 0.6 footcandles on pedestrian walkways or sidewalks used by the public.
(iii) If located within the right of way, the operation and maintenance costs of the pedestrian-scale street lighting shall be charged to the benefiting property owners through establishment of a utility fee or Local Improvement District. If located outside the right of way, legal documents shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the City Attorney prior to recording in the official records of Jackson County that assure that the lighting system will be perpetually maintained and operated by individual property owners, an association of property owners, or other entity.
(b) Private Streets. For private streets, legal documents shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the City Attorney prior to recording in the official records of Jackson County that assure that lighting systems on private streets will be perpetually maintained and operated by individual property owners, an association of property owners, or other entity. Street lighting and pedestrian-scale street lighting that differs from the standards may be installed if the Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval authorizes the modification.