Sports Lighting

• Must comply with the guidelines of the Illuminating Engineering Society for the applicable class of play (IES RP-6). Compliance must be established by a certification letter from DarkSky International (formerly known as the International Dark Sky Association) issued under its program for community-friendly sport lighting, verifying that the design as well as the installation meets the IES criteria. (Section 102-5F(1))

• Must be used to illuminate only the surface of play and adjacent viewing stands and not for any other application, such as lighting a nearby parking area. (Section 102-5F(2))

• Must have adjustable illuminance levels so that the illuminance level can be lowered when there is no active play (e.g., for field maintenance). (Section 102-5F(3))

• Must be turned off by 10pm or within one hour of the end of active play, whichever is later. (Section 102-5F(4))

• Must be equipped with mechanical or electronic timers to prevent lights being left on overnight. (Section 102-5F(5))

• Must be designed and installed to limit the impact of the lighting on other properties to the greatest extent possible. (Section 102-5F(6))

Sports lighting on residential properties (e.g., tennis court lights) are subject to the general requirements of the bylaw instead of the requirements in Section 102-5F:

• Must be fully shielded if over 600 lumens (Section 102-4A)
• Must be 2700K or less in color temperature (Section 102-4B) (2400K or less is recommended to be the most dark-sky and neighbor friendly)
• Must be 1500 lumens or less per fixture (Section 102-4C(3))*
• Must be turned off between 11pm and 6am (Section 102-4D)

*These lights count towards the total lumens allowed per site (20,000 lumens per acre) under Section 102-4C(1).