2 rules for unincorporated Clayton County, Georgia.
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Clayton County has no formal dark-sky designation, but its zoning code requires exterior lighting to be fully shielded and directed downward, using full-cutoff fixtures to prevent off-site glare and minimize light pollution.
Clayton County Zoning Ordinance Art. 6 (Exterior Lighting)
Exterior lighting shall be fully shielded and directed downward, and shall utilize full cutoff housings, louvers, glare shields, optics, reflectors or other measures to prevent off-site glare and minimize light pollution.
Clayton County's zoning code caps light spilling onto neighbors: no more than 1.0 footcandle at a zoning-lot boundary or street line, and only 0.5 footcandle where a lot abuts a residential district or use. On-site lighting is capped at 10.0 footcandles.
Clayton County Zoning Ordinance Art. 6 (Exterior Lighting, Intensity)
The intensity of light within a site shall not exceed 10.0 footcandles within any site and 1.0 footcandles at any zoning lot boundary or street right-of-way line. Where a zoning lot abuts a residential district or existing residential use, the intensity shall not exceed 0.5 footcandles at the zoning lot boundary.
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