Attachment 9- Lighting Impact Assessment

5. RELEVANT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS

The existing site lighting is reviewed against the requirements of the following standards to ensure
compliance and reduce the adverse effects of lighting at night to road users, aircraft (if in the vicinity of
aerodromes) and the surround environment.


         5.2. AS/NZS 4282:2019 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting


              5.2.1. Environmental Zones
This document outlines Environmental Zones to which the proposed signage will be evaluated based on
the location of the proposed sign relative to its surrounding environment.
Excerpt from Standard Table 3.1 Environmental Zone
 Zones                  Description                                         Examples
                                                       UNESCO Starlight Reserve. IDA Dark Sky Parks.
                                                                   Major optical observatories
   A0                Intrinsically Dark
                                                      No road lighting -unless specifically required by the
                                                                    road controlling authority
                                                                Relatively uninhabited rural areas
   A1                      Dark                       No road lighting - unless specifically required by the
                                                                    road controlling authority
   A2            Low district brightness                 Sparsely inhabited rural and semi-rural areas
   A3           Medium district brightness                     Suburban areas in towns and cities
                                                      Town and city centres and other commercial areas
   A4             High district brightness
                                                          Residential areas abutting commercial areas
   TV            High district brightness            Vicinity of major sports stadium during TV broadcasts
   V         Residences near traffic routes                          Refer AS/NZS1158.1.1
            Residences near local roads with
   R1                                                                Refer AS/NZS 1158.3.1
                   significant setback
   R2         Residences near local roads                            Refer AS/NZS 1158.3.1
            Residences near a roundabout or
   R3        local area traffic management                           Refer AS/NZS 1158.3.1
                          device
             Residences near a pedestrian
   RX                                                                 Refer AS/NZS 1158.4
                         crossing
                                                                                                                rubidium

Excerpt from Standard Section 3.3.5.2
Where an illuminated vertical surface is viewed against a background that is of a different
environmental zone to the lit surface, the environmental zone, for the purpose of the
application of the limits in Table 3.5, shall be taken as the lower of the two environmental.
zones.
Where the illuminated vertical surface is viewed against a black background, sea, or sky the
maximum applicable environmental zone shall be A2.

The proposed site is evaluated under the requirements of A4 L1 (new installation).
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