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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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waive standards listed in the City of                        and public art. Such light fixtures,
               Portland Technical Manual where                              brackets, conduits, and all other
               necessary if it is determined that such                      components shall be designed by a
               a waiver would not jeopardize the                            lighting professional and shall be
               health, safety, or welfare of the                            scaled and placed to minimize their
               development’s occupants, the public,                         visibility and installed in accordance
               or the natural environment.                                  with the lighting standards of the
F.   Exterior lighting                                                    Technical Manual.
     1.   Site lighting                                         3.    Street lighting. All development shall
          a.   All exterior site lighting shall be full               provide municipal street lighting adequate
               cutoff with no light emitted above the                 for the safety and comfort of pedestrians
               horizontal plane or spilled onto                       and motorists and, where applicable,
               adjacent properties and streets.                       conforming to specific lighting district
               Illumination levels shall be adequate                  requirements as specified in the street
               but not excessive for the safety,                      lighting standards of the Technical Manual.
               comfort, and convenience of                  G. Noise and vibration. All heating, ventilation
               occupants and users of the site, and             and air conditioning equipment (HVAC), air
               shall conform to the lighting standards          handling units (AHU), emergency generators,
               of the Technical Manual.                         and similar equipment shall meet applicable
          b.   Where light from a proposed                      state and federal emissions requirements and
               development may adversely impact                 shall be located to the interior of the site, away
               adjacent residential properties,                 from abutting residential properties
               exterior lighting shall employ house-        H. Signage and wayfinding
               side shielding.                                   1.    The size, scale, proportions, design,
     2.   Architectural and specialty lighting.                        materials, placement, and source and
          a.   Architectural and specialty lighting of                 intensity of illumination of all permanent
               such features as architectural details,                 building or freestanding signs shall be
               monuments, public art, or other site                    designed to complement the subject
               features shall be designed to                           building and its immediate context, as
               illuminate specific details or attributes               follows:
               only and shall meet the lighting                        a.    Signage shall not conceal
               standards of the Technical Manual.                            architectural features such as
          b.   Up-lighting by any method is                                  window sills, lintels or cornices from
               prohibited except for public buildings                        view.
               and parklands; clock towers and                         b.    Signs shall be designed and sized to
               steeples; landscape features;                                 fit the scale and proportions of the
               designated historic landmarks; flags of                       building and the feature or area of
               state, federal, or national jurisdictions;                    the building to which it is affixed. 14-16 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SITE PLAN