2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Allen County, Indiana.
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The Allen County Zoning Ordinance requires exterior lighting (other than single- and two-family dwellings) to use full-cutoff, shielded fixtures to minimize glare. Residential light poles are capped at 25 feet, and there is no separate dark-sky lumens ordinance.
Allen County Zoning Ordinance A.C.C. 3-4-4-18 (Site Lighting)
Any freestanding or wall pack light source or lamp shall be concealed or shielded with an Illuminations Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) full-cutoff style fixture to minimize the potential for glare and unnecessary diffusion on adjacent property.
The Allen County Zoning Ordinance limits light spillover onto neighbors: where nonresidential development adjoins a residential district, zero foot-candles of light may be emitted along that property line (except along a street frontage), and lighting must use shielded full-cutoff fixtures.
Allen County Zoning Ordinance A.C.C. 3-4-4-18 (Site Lighting)
Except for the portion of the property adjoining a street right-of-way, where nonresidential development is proposed adjacent to residential districts, zero foot-candles of light may be emitted by the nonresidential development along the property line with the residential district.
1 cities in Allen County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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