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(Effective until July 1, 2020)

PDFWAC 51-11C-405064

Table C405.5.2(2)—Individual lighting power allowances for building exteriors.

Table C405.5.2(2)

Individual Lighting Power Allowances for Building Exteriors

		Lighting Zones
		Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4
Base Site Allowance (Base allowance is usable in tradable or nontradable surfaces.)		500 W	600 W	750 W	1300 W
Tradable Surfaces	Uncovered Parking Areas
(Lighting power densities for uncovered parking areas, building grounds, building entrances and exits, canopies and overhangs and outdoor sales areas are tradable.)	Parking areas and drives	0.04 W/ft2	0.06 W/ft2	0.08 W/ft2	0.10 W/ft2
	Building Grounds
	Walkways less than 10 feet wide	0.7 W/linear foot	0.7 W/linear foot	0.8 W/linear foot	1.0 W/linear foot
	Walkways 10 feet wide or greater, plaza areas, special feature areas	0.14 W/ft2	0.14 W/ft2	0.16 W/ft2	0.2 W/ft2
	Stairways	0.75 W/ft2	1.0 W/ft2	1.0 W/ft2	1.0 W/ft2
	Pedestrian tunnels	0.15 W/ft2	0.15 W/ft2	0.2 W/ft2	0.3 W/ft2
	Building Entrances and Exits
	Main entries	20 W/linear foot of door width	20 W/linear foot of door width	30 W/linear foot of door width	30 W/linear foot of door width
	Other doors	20 W/linear foot of door width	20 W/linear foot of door width	20 W/linear foot of door width	20 W/linear foot of door width
	Entry canopies	0.25 W/ft2	0.25 W/ft2	0.4 W/ft2	0.4 W/ft2
	Sales Canopies
	Free standing and attached	0.6 W/ft2	0.6 W/ft2	0.8 W/ft2	1.0 W/ft2
	Outdoor Sales
	Open areas (including vehicle sales lots)	0.25 W/ft2	0.25 W/ft2	0.5 W/ft2	0.7 W/ft2
	Street frontage for vehicle sales lots in addition to "open area" allowance	No Allowance	10 W/linear foot	10 W/linear foot	30 W/linear foot
Nontradable Surfaces (Lighting power density calculations for the following applications can be used only for the specific application and cannot be traded between surfaces or with other exterior lighting. The following allowances are in addition to any allowance otherwise permitted in the "Tradable Surfaces" section of this table.)	Building facades	No allowance	0.075 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area	0.113 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area	0.150 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area
	Automated teller machines and night depositories	270 W per location plus 90 W per additional ATM per location	270 W per location plus 90 W per additional ATM per location	270 W per location plus 90 W per additional ATM per location	270 W per location plus 90 W per additional ATM per location
	Entrances and gatehouse inspection stations at guarded facilities	0.75 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.75 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.75 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.75 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area
	Loading areas for law enforcement, fire, ambulance and other emergency service vehicles	0.5 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.5 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.5 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area	0.5 W/ft2 of covered and uncovered area
	Drive-up windows/doors	400 W per drive-through	400 W per drive-through	400 W per drive-through	400 W per drive-through
	Parking near 24-hour retail entrances	800 W per main entry	800 W per main entry	800 W per main entry	800 W per main entry

For SI:

1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 watt per square foot = W/0.0929 m2

[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27A.025, 19.27A.160, and 19.27.074. WSR 16-03-072, § 51-11C-405064, filed 1/19/16, effective 7/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27A.020, 19.27A.025 and chapters 19.27 and 34.05 RCW. WSR 13-04-056, § 51-11C-405064, filed 2/1/13, effective 7/1/13.]

(Effective July 1, 2020)

PDFWAC 51-11C-405064

Table C405.5.3(2)—Individual lighting power allowances for building exteriors.

Table C405.5.3(2)

Lighting Power Allowances for Building Exteriors

	Lighting Zones
	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4
Base Site Allowance	350 W	400 W	500 W	900 W
Uncovered Parking Areas
Parking areas and drives	0.03 W/ft2	0.04 W/ft2	0.06 W/ft2	0.08 W/ft2
Building Grounds
Walkways and ramps less than 10 feet wide	0.5 W/linear foot	0.5 W/linear foot	0.6 W/linear foot	0.7 W/linear foot
Walkways and ramps 10 feet wide or greater, plaza areas, special feature areas	0.10 W/ft2	0.10 W/ft2	0.11 W/ft2	0.14 W/ft2
Dining areas	0.65 W/ft2	0.65 W/ft2	0.75 W/ft2	0.95 W/ft2
Stairways	0.6 W/ft2	0.7 W/ft2	0.7 W/ft2	0.7 W/ft2
Pedestrian tunnels	0.12 W/ft2	0.12 W/ft2	0.14 W/ft2	0.21 W/ft2
Landscaping	0.03 W/ft2	0.04 W/ft2	0.04 W/ft2	0.04 W/ft2
Building Entrances and Exits
Pedestrian and vehicular entrances and exits	14 W/linear foot of opening	14 W/linear foot of opening	21 W/linear foot of opening	21 W/linear foot of opening
Entry canopies	0.2 W/ft2	0.25 W/ft2	0.4 W/ft2	0.4 W/ft2
Loading docks	0.35 W/ft2	0.35 W/ft2	0.35 W/ft2	0.35 W/ft2
Sales Canopies
Free standing and attached	0.4 W/ft2	0.4 W/ft2	0.6 W/ft2	0.7 W/ft2
Outdoor Sales
Open areas (including vehicle sales lots)	0.2 W/ft2	0.2 W/ft2	0.35 W/ft2	0.5 W/ft2
Street frontage for vehicle sales lots in addition to "open area" allowance	No Allowance	7 W/linear foot	7 W/linear foot	21 W/linear foot

For SI:

1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 watt per square foot = W/0.0929 m2

Table C405.5.3(3)

Individual Lighting Power Allowances for Building Exteriors

	Lighting Zones
	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4
Building facades	No allowance	0.075 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area	0.113 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area	0.150 W/ft2 of gross above-grade wall area
Automated teller machines and night depositories	135W per location plus 45W per additional ATM per location
Entrances and gatehouse inspection stations at guarded facilities	0.5 W/ft2
Loading areas for law enforcement, fire, ambulance and other emergency service vehicles	0.35 W/ft2
Drive-up windows/doors	200 W per drive-through
Parking near 24-hour retail entrances	400 W per main entry

[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27A.020, 19.27A.025, 19.27A.160 and chapter 19.27 RCW. WSR 19-24-040, § 51-11C-405064, filed 11/26/19, effective 7/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27A.025, 19.27A.160, and 19.27.074. WSR 16-03-072, § 51-11C-405064, filed 1/19/16, effective 7/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27A.020, 19.27A.025 and chapters 19.27 and 34.05 RCW. WSR 13-04-056, § 51-11C-405064, filed 2/1/13, effective 7/1/13.]