a. Subject to the approval of the Director, uplighting or ground-mounted lighting may be allowed to accent unique features of a building and/or surrounding landscaping such as exceptional architectural features, specimen trees with dense year-round foliage, or large native shrub masses. Uplighting or ground-mounted lighting shall be designed and installed to minimize glare with special consideration to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

b. All lighting shall be fully shielded to contain and direct the light onto the feature to be illuminated. (See Figure 5-15.)

c. All uplighting shall be considered partially shielded lighting for the purposes of calculating lighting output levels in Table 5.8.