Driggs Design Standards
The key provisions of the Driggs Lighting Standards are the following. These are the provisions for the Central Business District, which are also applied tom most areas. The entire Design Standards are here.
1. Contextual Design. Exterior lights shall be designed to fit their particular location and function.
They should be simple in character and similar in color and intensity to those used traditionally.
High pressure sodium lights are appropriate, except where good color rendition is required;
enhanced color rendition high pressure sodium lamps, or more uniform spectrum lamps, may also
be used.
a. Pedestrian ways and entrances that are not otherwise illuminated by building-mounted lights
or streetlights shall be illuminated using bollards, step lights, or other low-profile fixtures that
are appropriate for walkways and plazas. Illumination at 1.0-2.0 foot-candles for such areas is
required.
b. Building-mounted lights should complement the building background in style; using lights to
draw attention to (wash) architectural elements is permitted, provided that unshielded, high
intensity light sources and sources that direct light upward without cut-offs will not be
permitted. (See subsection I.2 below.)
c. Antique-style lights are preferred over recessed can lights or institutional-style/modernist
fixtures. Contemporary light fixtures that draw on historic elements or provide a new
interpretation of an historic style are encouraged.
d. Maximum initial luminance of outdoor sales areas, storage areas and service station canopies and similar areas shall not exceed twenty (20) foot-candles.
e. Maximum initial luminance of parking lots shall not exceed four (4) foot-candles
2. Impacts of Lighting. The visual impacts of site and architectural lighting, such as overspray of lights onto adjacent residential properties and lights shining into the night sky, shall be avoided.
a. Light poles shall not exceed a height of twenty (20) feet.
b. Only shielded lights are permitted. Shielding should be integral to the light
fixture and direct light downward. Exception: Up-lighting of official flags
may be allowed provided that the luminance level is minimized.
c. Lighting associated with service areas, parking lots and parking structures, as
well as streetlights, shall be shielded or provide cut-offs to avoid excessive
glare, light pollution and light trespass onto
residential properties.
The key provisions of the Driggs Lighting Standards are the following. These are the provisions for the Central Business District, which are also applied tom most areas. The entire Design Standards are here.
1. Contextual Design. Exterior lights shall be designed to fit their particular location and function.
They should be simple in character and similar in color and intensity to those used traditionally.
High pressure sodium lights are appropriate, except where good color rendition is required;
enhanced color rendition high pressure sodium lamps, or more uniform spectrum lamps, may also
be used.
a. Pedestrian ways and entrances that are not otherwise illuminated by building-mounted lights
or streetlights shall be illuminated using bollards, step lights, or other low-profile fixtures that
are appropriate for walkways and plazas. Illumination at 1.0-2.0 foot-candles for such areas is
required.
b. Building-mounted lights should complement the building background in style; using lights to
draw attention to (wash) architectural elements is permitted, provided that unshielded, high
intensity light sources and sources that direct light upward without cut-offs will not be
permitted. (See subsection I.2 below.)
c. Antique-style lights are preferred over recessed can lights or institutional-style/modernist
fixtures. Contemporary light fixtures that draw on historic elements or provide a new
interpretation of an historic style are encouraged.
d. Maximum initial luminance of outdoor sales areas, storage areas and service station canopies and similar areas shall not exceed twenty (20) foot-candles.
e. Maximum initial luminance of parking lots shall not exceed four (4) foot-candles
2. Impacts of Lighting. The visual impacts of site and architectural lighting, such as overspray of lights onto adjacent residential properties and lights shining into the night sky, shall be avoided.
a. Light poles shall not exceed a height of twenty (20) feet.
b. Only shielded lights are permitted. Shielding should be integral to the light
fixture and direct light downward. Exception: Up-lighting of official flags
may be allowed provided that the luminance level is minimized.
c. Lighting associated with service areas, parking lots and parking structures, as
well as streetlights, shall be shielded or provide cut-offs to avoid excessive
glare, light pollution and light trespass onto
residential properties.
