2. Response to Comments
2.9 Individual Responses to Comments from Organizations
colors, and materials in order to ensure consistency with design.
- Parking lot lighting shall be of the same source of illumination as street lighting so as to ensure uniformity of night lighting color.
- Due to their high-energy efficiency, long life, and spectral characteristics, Narrow-Spectrum Amber LEDs shall be the preferred illumination source throughout the Brisbane portion of the Project Site.
- A photometric analysis and lighting plan shall be prepared for each development project. The photometric analysis shall include an assessment of potential lighting impacts based on the height, location, light fixtures, direction, illumination intensity, and hours of operation. This analysis shall identify any potential light spill beyond the boundary of the specific plan, as well as light spill beyond the boundaries of individual sites within the Project Site Lighting performance standards as described above shall apply. The lighting plan shall demonstrate maintenance, to the maximum extent feasible, of ambient light levels as measured from 100 feet from the individual site. The lighting plan shall be submitted to the Community Development Department and City Engineer for final approval prior to approval of a building permit.
When reviewing illumination plans, the City will review the following factors to determine the level of illumination required.
- Purpose: The function and activities for the planned area;
- Safety: The level of comfort and security needed to be provided; and
- Aesthetics: The overall appearance of proposed lighting with respect to the Baylands and surrounding community.
- Impacts: The extent to which proposed lighting minimizes impacts on adjacent land uses, maintains the area’s dark night sky, and conserves energy.
[See page 5-311 for the original comment] As discussed in Response OSEC-4, “urban” refers to development of residential uses at a density greater than 2 dwelling units per acre, commercial, business park, commercial entertainment, and other similar uses, along with associated open space and other amenities. As used in the Draft EIR, “urban” encompasses densities that may commonly be considered to be “suburban.”
[See page 5-311 for the original comment] Night lighting impacts to bats and birds are addressed in Section 4.C Biological Resources, within the discussion for Impact 4.C-4. There are several performance measures included within biological resources mitigation measures to reduce identified impacts to less than significant. (See MM 4.C-4b, MM 4.C-4d, and 4.C-4e).