Outdoor Lighting in Allegheny County, PA (2026)

Allegheny County Code § 780-522.A(1)

For horizontal surfaces (parking lots, merchandising and storage areas, fuel-dispensing facilities, auto sales areas, loading docks, passive recreation, bicycle and pedestrian trails, sidewalks and building entrances), fixtures shall be aimed straight down and shall meet IESNA full cutoff criteria. Fixtures with aggregate output not exceeding 500 lumens (equivalent to a forty-watt incandescent ...

Allegheny County Code § 780-522.B(1)

All lighting shall be aimed so as not to present a hazard to drivers or pedestrians or create a nuisance by projecting or reflecting objectionable light onto neighboring uses or properties. (2) Directional fixtures shall be shielded, installed and aimed so they do not project output past the object being illuminated into windows of neighboring uses, skyward or onto a public roadway or pedest...

Allegheny County Code § 780-522.B(7)

Unless otherwise governed by local zoning, externally illuminated billboards and signs shall be lighted by fixtures mounted at the top of the billboard or sign and aimed downward. The fixtures shall be designed, shielded and aimed to shield the source from off-site view and to restrict the light output beyond the sign or billboard. At no point on the face of the sign or billboard shall the illu...