2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Galveston County, Texas.
Verified from official government sources
The county has no dark-sky ordinance. The City of Galveston's outdoor-lighting code seeks to preserve natural darkness and the night sky, requiring full cut-off fixtures that shield the light source and limit glare, with special protections near beaches and open water.
City of Galveston LDR Sec. 7.101.A.4
Minimize the cumulative effects of excessive artificial lighting in an urbanized setting that detracts from enjoyment of the natural darkness and astronomical features of the night sky.
The county sets no light-trespass rule. In the City of Galveston, single-family and two-family lighting must be shielded so it is not visible from neighbors and does not exceed 0.1 foot-candles at the property line; stricter 0.1 fc limits apply near beaches and water.
City of Galveston LDR Sec. 7.104.A
Fixtures are shielded so that the light source is not visible from abutting properties, and so that the light cast on abutting properties does not exceed 0.1 foot-candles on the ground at the property line and on any window plane on the abutting property.
1 cities in Galveston County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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