YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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Note 2. Lights shall be shielded.
f. Sports Field:
(1) Class: Lighting, in all cases, for all outdoor athletic fields, courts, pools,
tracks or ranges shall be considered Class 1 (Color Rendition). Sports
field lighting at schools is exempt from this Ordinance as provided for in
Section 201 (Applicability and Exemptions) regarding publicly owned and
operated facilities used for essential government purposes.
(2) Shielding: Fully shielded lighting shall be required for fields designed for
amateur, recreational or non-professional sports activity. For professional
level sports facilities where fully shielded fixtures are not utilized,
acceptable luminaires shall include those which:
(a) are provided with internal or external glare control louvers, or
both, and installed so as to minimize up-light and off-site light
trespass as defined in Subsection B; and
(b) are installed and maintained with aiming angles that permit no
greater than two percent (2%) of the light emitted by each fixture
to project above the horizontal.
(3) Lighting Amount: When the proposed lumens per acre exceeds the limits
of Subsection C.2.j, the installation shall be designed to achieve no greater
than the minimum illuminance levels for the activity as recommended by
the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). If
IESNA has more than one applicable recommended practice, then the
lowest figure shall apply. Street lighting is exempt from the total lumen
count for a given property.
(4) Off-Site Spill: The installation shall also limit off-site spill (off the parcel
containing the sports facility) to a maximum of 0.5 fc at any location on
any non-residential property, and 0.05 fc at any location on any residential
property, as measurable from any orientation of the measuring device. If
lighting products are not available to meet these standards, then the
product providing the lowest off-site spill levels shall be required.
(5) Curfew: All events shall be scheduled so as to complete all activity by
10:00 p.m. Illumination of the playing field, court, track or range shall be
permitted after 10:00 p.m. only to conclude a scheduled event that was
unable to conclude before 10:00 p.m. due to unusual circumstances and
once off remain off during non-business hours.
(6) Certification: Every such lighting system shall be certified by an Arizona
registered engineer, other certified lighting specialist or equivalent
manufacturer documentation as conforming to all applicable restrictions
of this Ordinance as installed.
(7) Non-Field Lighting: All site lighting not directly illuminating the field,
court, track or range shall conform to all applicable standards of this
Ordinance.
5. Public Buildings and Street Lights
a. When new publicly-owned buildings and other facilities are constructed, the