Outdoor Lighting Ordinance Guide

The use of five lighting zones to classify land use with appropriate lighting levels for each.

Outdoor lighting ordinance guide. Cities that enforce lighting ordinances include san diego. Outdoor lighting ordinance guide. How to ensure an outdoor lighting ordinance is enforced first ida recommends always having friendly neighborly discussions with lighting offenders before making a complaint to. The mlo offers several innovations to outdoor lighting regulation including.

Zones range from lz0 designed for pristine natural environments and limited outdoor lighting to lz4 for limited application in areas of extensive development in the. This page contains a list of cities and counties with references to specific section of ordinances relating to outdoor lighting and in some case to lighting in general. Model lighting ordinance mlo with user s guide quantity. The mlo outdoor lighting template is designed to help municipalities develop outdoor lighting standards that reduce glare light trespass and skyglow.

The evaluation columns indicate the degree to which the following four topics addressed. Lighting ordinances sometimes called dark sky ordinances regulate when and how property owners can light their yard landscape structures and property. Outdoor lighting operated after curfew times listed in table 601 3 shall comply with the lumen per acre limits shielding source color temperature and curfew requirements of chapter 4. Hide table of contents.

Second some codes have a grandfathering provision exempting lighting that was in place before the ordinance was passed. Many communities have passed anti light pollution laws and ordinances. Boulder colorado and laguna beach california. The following lighting terms appear in the ordinance.

A lighting ordinance can ensure safe aesthetically pleasing and energy efficient outdoor lighting that preserves views of the night sky and minimizes harm to species disturbed by artificial lighting. Cutoff fixture an outdoor light fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that no more than two and one half 21 2 percent of the total light emitted by the fixture is projected above the horizontal plane of the fixture. A guide to fairfax county s introduction the zoning ordinance outdoor lighting standards that are summarized in this guide became effective on june 17 2003 and replace the outdated glare performance standards that were initially developed in the early 1970 s and implemented in conjunction with the adoption of the current zoning ordinance in 1978. The eatontown nj ordinance has been used to develop the model outdoor lighting ordinance exhibited in this guide.

2012 tucson pima county outdoor lighting code page 17 of 17. However there is little or no agreement among these laws. This chapter applicable to all new and replacement lighting has been revised in february 2006 to more clearly define regulating electric utility floodlights.