Outdoor Lighting in Hackensack, NJ (2026)
2 verified outdoor lighting rules for Hackensack, New Jersey, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dark Sky Rules
Hackensack's zoning performance standards ban direct or sky-reflected glare from industrial, business, office, multi-family and health-service uses, require outdoor lights be shielded to a maximum 75-degree apex cone angle, prohibit building-mounted spotlight fixtures, and ban strobing lights on any outdoor fixture including signage.
Hackensack Outdoor Lighting Glare Standards
Some RestrictionsHackensack City Code § 175-15.2B(1), (2), (3), (6)
No direct or sky-reflected glare shall be visible, whether from floodlights or from high-temperature processes, so as to be visible at the points of measurement specified in § 175-15.1C. ... All lights shall be shielded so as to restrict the maximum apex angle of the cone of illumination to 75° or to such lesser angle as shall be required to shield the lights from the view of any adjacent resid...
Light Trespass & Shielding
Hackensack's zoning code requires lighted parking areas in residential districts to be arranged so they throw no glare onto windows of nearby dwellings. The rule sits inside the multifamily and mixed-use parking standards of the off-street parking chapter, not a separate lighting ordinance.
Hackensack Parking Lot Lighting Glare Limits
Some RestrictionsHackensack City Code § 175-13.1D(2)(b)
All parking areas required by this chapter, when located in residential districts, except for one- and two-family structures in all districts, shall be required to be sufficiently lighted so as to ensure safety to both pedestrians and motorists. Such lighting shall be in accordance with the following: ... The lighting in parking areas shall be installed and arranged so as to throw no glare towa...
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