Outdoor Lighting in Josephine County, OR (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Josephine County, Oregon.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Josephine County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Dark Sky Rules

JCC § 19.77.010 requires every exterior light fixture in unincorporated Josephine County, including security lighting, to be shielded or hooded so it casts light downward only, never onto a neighboring property or upward into the night sky. Fixtures without a hood or lens must still be fully shielded so light stays below the horizontal plane at the lamp's lowest point.

Josephine County Outdoor Lighting Shielding Rule

Some Restrictions

Josephine County Code § 19.77.010

All exterior lighting, including light emitted from security systems, shall be shielded or use a hood and lens that cast light downward so as to ensure no light is cast onto adjacent properties nor upward into the night sky. If the lighting mechanism does not utilize a hood or lens, lighting fixtures shall be fully shielded in such a manner that all light emitted directly by the lamp or diffusi...

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Billboard Lighting

Advertising signs and billboards, defined the same as "advertising structure" under JCC § 19.11.040, may be illuminated only in the county's commercial and industrial zones, and JCC § 19.74.020(H) bars any flashing or moving parts on that lighting. Home occupation signs cannot be illuminated at all.

Josephine County Illuminated Sign Rules

Light Restrictions

Josephine County Code § 19.74.020(H)

Signs in the commercial and industrial zones may be illuminated but shall have no flashing or moving parts.

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