Outdoor Lighting in Broward County, FL (2026)

Broward County Code § 39-112

All outdoor lighting, including display, sign, building, parking lot, and aesthetic lighting, must use full cutoff fixtures or equivalent.f.Functional equivalents allowed. Lights that are properly installed in an architectural space (such as under a porch roof or a roof overhang), which provide the functional equivalence of a full cutoff fixture, need not use full cutoff fixtures. Similarly, a ...

Broward County Code § 39-112(b)(4)d-e, j

d. Motion detecting security lighting is not subject to the output reduction requirements in Section 39-112(b)(4)a. e. All outdoor lighting, including display, sign, building, parking lot, and aesthetic lighting, must use full cutoff fixtures or equivalent. ... j. In no case shall a bulb be exposed beyond the luminaire housing.

Broward County Code § 39-63

(a) Sign illumination may only be provided by one (1) of the following methods: ... (3) Shielded spotlight. The sign face is lit by spotlights directed at the sign face. Such spotlights shall be fully shielded so that they are not visible from streets or adjoining property and so that there is no light spillage beyond the sign face. (b) Signs that have external illumination... shall have lighti...