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DEPARTMENT REPORT
AUGUST 18, 2009
3I. Docket No. 09070002 OA: Exterior Lighting
The applicant seeks to Amend Chapter 8: Standards of Required Improvements of the
Subdivision Control Ordinance, Chapter 19: B -8 /Business District, Chapter 20G: Old Meridian
District, Chapter 23B: U.S. Highway 31 Corridor Overlay Zone; Chapter 23C: U.S. Highway
421 Michigan Road Corridor Overlay Zone, Chapter 23D: Old Town District Overlay Zone,
Chapter 23E: Horne Place District Overlay Zone, Chapter 23F: Carmel Drive Range Line
Road Overlay Zone, Chapter 23H: Monon Greenway Overlay Zone, and Chapter 25: Additional
Use Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance in order to consolidate and modify exterior lighting
regulations /requirements. Filed by the Department of Community Services, on behalf of the
Carmel Plan Commission.
With the growing interest in energy efficiency, the Department recommends that LED (Light Emitting Diode)
or similar low- energy lights be used in all exterior applications. The City anticipates installing LED bulbs in its
streetlights, which will result in significant energy and cost savings over time.
Additionally, lighting requirements are currently in ten different chapters of the Zoning Ordinance
consolidating all these requirements into one section will make reference easier for City staff and the public.
The proposed standards are as strict as existing standards.
Please refer to the ordinance amendment draft and memo for more detail.
August 12 Subdivision Committee meeting outcome: this item was forwarded to the full Plan Commission with
a 3 -0 positive recommendation.
The Dept of Community Services (DOCS) suggests forwarding this item to City Council with a positive
recommendation.