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Schwab Way
December 10, 2018 Town Council Meeting
Workshop Item 5b
The Town Design Structure Plan (specifically, page 207 of the 2015 Comprehensive Plan) states that “each
Street Type has its place in a recognizable hierarchy that communicates both the image identified as
Westlake and one’s location within Westlake. This is accomplished with landscaping, street lighting, street
signage, information systems, and street section design that typifies the Street Type. A progressive
intensification of identifying elements (along certain streets) communicates movement from edge to
center”. With this language in mind, particularly with regard to “communication of movement”, staff
proposes a potential amendment to this section of the plan that creates specific street lighting
illumination zones (shown on the next page). These illumination and light spacing zones would be based
on roadway type wherein specific fixture types are not the primary focus so much as photometric cones
and patterns of illumination.
•The types are broken down as follows and depicted on the map on the next page:
1.Urban light level: where secondary photo metric cones can touch...even overlap in a
limited number of areas...but...the primary photo metric cones are independent...do not
touch.
2.Parkway light level: where clusters of light fixtures allow secondary photo metric cones
to touch/overlap within the cluster only. Primary photometric cones do not touch.
3.Rural light level: which is limited to isolated pools of light...usually at intersections.
4.Thematic light level: where secondary photometric cones touch/overlap at intersections
and street scale fixtures are generally limited to intersections or other places of safety
need and the lighting between street fixtures is achieved with Pedestrian scale trail
lighting (bollards or other pedestrian scale fixture). Landscape lighting may also be used.
It is a landscape illuminated presentation. This could be the feel of the Town edge.
Comments on Hillwood’s Schwab Way proposal specific to the policy proposal above: Page three shows
the light fixture type proposed by Hillwood for Schwab Way, while page four shows the fixture
recommended by the Comprehensive Plan for a regional arterial roadway. The way the diagram on the
following page is drawn, there is room for a new fixture type, as per the fixture proposed by Hillwood.
Most of the Urban light level District is west, on Hillwood property. Given the Schwab Way photometric,
shown by Hillwood in their submittal, the illumination generally conforms to the standard shown herein.
However, there are a few exceptions at the turn from SH 114 onto Schwab Way where there should be
fewer, not more lights. Also, the depth of transition from Thematic Edge to Urban Level in this area is not
shown. Therefore, these two areas should be addressed.
Summary: Pending Town Council discussion, staff may bring forward an amendment to the relevant
section of the 2015 Comprehensive Plan described above at the next regular Town Council meeting.
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Proposed Street Lighting Theme Areas
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Schwab Way LighƟng Fixtures Proposed by Hillwood
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Westlake Comprehensive plan Update238
STREET TYPE STANDARD/ FIXTURE/ HARDWARE
Building upon the fixtures already installed along
Westlake Parkway. Possibly a close derivation such
as the Gallery 1970 by Sternberg Lighting
Lights should have banner arms such as these by
Sternberg Lighting
Regional Arterial
STREET LIGHTING AND SIGNAL PALETTE
2015 Forging Westlake Comprehensive Plan - Town Design Structure Plan
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