Outdoor Lighting in Garland, TX (2026)

Garland, TX Development Code § 4.91(A)-(B)

Light sources must be of a down-light, indirect, diffused or shielded type (minimum seventy-degree cut-off when measured from horizontal), or installed and maintained in a manner to reduce glare effect and consequent interference with use of adjacent properties and streets. ... The height of the standards, poles, and fixtures, excluding those mounted on a building, may not exceed the height of ...

Garland, TX Development Code § 4.90(A)-(C)

Any use is prohibited from operating in a manner so that the intensity of its glare or direct illumination projecting across the property boundary and onto another public or private property is a nuisance or detracts from the use or enjoyment of adjacent property. All outside lights must be made up of a light source and reflector designed such that the light beam is controlled and not directed ...

Garland, TX Development Code § 4.73(G)(1)-(3)

A digital billboard must be equipped with both a dimmer control and a photocell that automatically adjusts the display's intensity according to natural ambient light conditions. A digital billboard may not increase the light level on a lot in a residential district over ambient conditions without the digital display, measured in footcandles at the point closest to the sign that is five feet ins...