RESTAURANTS & RETAIL
Restaurant & Retail Photometric Plans.
Parking area and site perimeter lighting documentation for commercial tenant improvements, pad sites, and new retail construction.
THE REQUIREMENT
What the code requires and why.
0.5-1.0 fc
Parking area minimum (typical)
15:1
Uniformity ratio
Full cutoff
Fixture classification (typical)
Restaurant and retail photometric plans are typically required when a tenant improvement, pad site development, or new construction triggers site plan review. The lighting submittal needs to document parking area visibility, pedestrian safety at building entries, and property-line compliance, often within a larger multi-tenant development where adjacent parcels have their own lighting conditions.
Many retail jurisdictions also enforce design guidelines that limit fixture height, require shielding, or mandate consistency with an existing development's lighting standards. The photometric plan has to satisfy both the municipal code and any privately recorded design covenants that apply to the parcel.
Standard commercial parking criteria typically apply: maintained minimums of 0.5-1.0 fc in parking areas, uniformity ratios of 15:1 or better, and full-cutoff or BUG-rated fixtures to control uplight and property-line spill.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Your restaurants & retail photometric package.
01
Site plan overlay with fixture locations for parking, entries, and pedestrian paths
02
Point-by-point foot-candle grid across customer parking and building frontage
03
Property-line light trespass calculations for adjacent parcels and public frontage
04
Fixture schedule with distribution type, wattage, mounting height, and shielding data
05
BUG and cutoff documentation where required by the jurisdiction or design guidelines
06
Compliance summary referencing municipal code and any applicable design covenants
07
Two revision rounds for plan review comments or fixture changes
All plans modeled in AGi32 using IES LM-63-19 photometric data files.
APPLICABLE STANDARDS
Code references for restaurants & retail lighting.
- ANSI/IES RP-8-25
- Current IES recommended practice for roadway and parking facility lighting; applicable to retail parking and site circulation.
Scoped to your restaurants & retail project.
Every restaurant and retail plan is scoped to your site layout, parking area, and jurisdiction requirements. Send the site plan and we'll confirm the scope and fee, typically same day. No obligation.
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Send the site plan, tenant layout, or existing background set. We'll prepare a permit-ready photometric package.