2 rules for unincorporated Elkhart County, Indiana.
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Elkhart County has no comprehensive dark-sky or full-cutoff lighting ordinance. Its Zoning Ordinance instead requires parking-area lighting to reflect light away from adjoining residential properties and uses buffering to limit glare on neighbors, under Secs. 7.2 and 7.3.3.
Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 7.2(D)
Any device illuminating an off-street parking area must reflect that light away from all adjoining residential properties.
Elkhart County limits light spillover mainly through parking and buffering standards: off-street parking lighting must reflect away from adjoining residential properties, and buffers must mitigate glare from vehicle lights and outdoor lighting on neighbors, under Secs. 7.2 and 7.3.3.
Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 7.3.3
Mitigate the negative effects of noise and glare from buildings, uses, vehicle lights and outdoor lighting on the public right-of-way and neighboring property
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