Definition

A recreation facility or park owned or operated by a public agency and available to the general public

• Lighting standards for this use for facilities other than parking may
• be built to any height below the residential proximity slope; or
• project, above the residential proximity slope to a height not to exceed 40 feet. This provision is an exception to the maximum structure height that would otherwise apply in the zoning district
• Lighting standards for this use for parking facilities must not exceed 20 feet in height
• Spillover light on neighboring residential lots must not exceed 0.1 footcandle measured at a point five feet inside the residential lot line and five feet above the ground surface
• The board may grant a special exception to the height restrictions applicable to lighting standards for this use upon making a special finding from the evidence presented that
• strict compliance with those restrictions will unreasonably burden the use of the property; and
• the special exception will not adversely affect neighboring property. The board shall not grant a special exception to the spillover light restriction on neighboring residential lots
• The heights of nonconforming lighting standards for this use may be increased by up to 10 percent without board approval, provided that the spillover light restriction in above paragraph is complied with. The cumulative additional height authorized by this subparagraph is 10 percent of the height of the lighting standard at the time it became nonconforming