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Outdoor Lighting in San Angelo, TX (2026)

2 verified outdoor lighting rules for San Angelo, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Dark Sky Rules

San Angelo caps outdoor lighting at 0.25 footcandles measured at a property line next to a home, and every luminaire must be shielded so its beam stays below three feet in height at that line. The neighborhood and family services director enforces the rule on written complaint, with violators guilty of a misdemeanor.

San Angelo Outdoor Lighting & Light Trespass Rules

Some Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Code of Ordinances sec. 8.11.002

Any luminaries shall be located, adequately shielded, and directed so as not to produce glare or direct illumination across a bounding property line of such intensity as to create a nuisance or detract from the use or enjoyment of adjacent property. All outside lights shall be made up of a light source and reflector so selected that acting together the light beam is controlled and not directed ...

Light Trespass & Shielding

San Angelo caps light at a residential property line at 0.05 foot-candles and bars any light beam directed across a boundary above three feet, prohibiting glare that becomes a nuisance, under Code of Ordinances Sec. 8.1205.

San Angelo Light Trespass Limits

Some Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Code of Ordinances ch. 8, art. 8.1200, Sec. 8.1205

All outside lights shall be made up of a light source and reflector so selected that acting together the light beam is controlled and not directed across any bounding property line above a height of three (3) feet. The allowable maximum intensity measured at the property line abutting a residential use shall be 0.05 foot candles.