Outdoor Lighting in Noblesville, IN (2026)

Dark Sky Rules

Outdoor lighting in Noblesville is governed by §159.201 (Lighting) of the Noblesville Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which is codified as Chapter 159 of the Noblesville Code of Ordinances. §159.201 provides verbatim: "All on-site lighting of buildings, lawns, and parking areas shall be designed so as not to shine or cause glare in excess of 0.5 footcandle onto any adjacent building or property, or onto any public street or vehicle thereon. Additional regulations relating to minimum parking lot lighting may be found in §§ 159.140 et seq." There is no Noblesville-specific full-cutoff fixture mandate, color temperature (Kelvin) cap, or dedicated dark-sky lighting plan submittal requirement in §159.201 - the rule is a single bright-line property-line glare standard. The Noblesville Planning Department administers the UDO during site-plan review. Indiana has no statewide dark-sky law for private property; the only Indiana International Dark Sky Place is Beverly Shores Indiana Dunes State Park (designated 2018) - Noblesville is not on the DarkSky International roster of certified dark-sky communities. For ROW-adjacent and parking-lot illumination, §159.140 et seq. provides additional minimum-lighting standards reviewed during site plan submittal.