Automatic teller machines

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I agree. Perhaps there is a building code that applies, or perhaps it will be up to the bank to decide. The NEC will tell you about the wires and the overcurrent protection and such, but will not tell you how to make design decisions.
 
The state of Illinois has requirements. Basically, it is 10 FC at the machine, and out 5 feet. Then 2 FC out 60' into the parking area. Otherwise, 2 FC out 50 feet, and 2 FC for 40 feet along an adjacent side of the building.

Search for 205 ILCS 695/1 for more details. It is the "Automated Teller Machine Security Act".

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Here in Ill. it is a state requirement. But other states probably have similar requirements.

I think the banks got the law passed as a "standard of care". It makes it much harder to sue them if you get robbed.

Before the law, if someone got robbed, they could sue the bank. Then it would have been up to a jury to decide how much light the bank should have provided. And we all know how reasonable a jury can be:D
 
"The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) prescribes standards for the amount of foot candles required for adequate lighting in parking areas. In recent years we have seen the trend move toward higher light levels. For example, on a dark night a person could read a newspaper with ? of a foot-candle of light in a parking lot. Today many buildings are requiring 3–5 foot candles in their parking lots or garages for safety and security reasons. This is especially true for banking facilities with automated teller machines. Some states have mandated foot candle levels in the parking areas based on their distance from an automated teller machine."

Chicagoland Office & Commercial Real Estate Magazine
Volume V Fall 2005

The most important publication is the Standard Guide by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. It recommends appropriate lighting levels.
Also see IESNA DG-9-97, Lighting for Automated Teller Machines
 
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