2 rules for unincorporated Knox County, Tennessee.
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Knox County has no formal dark-sky ordinance, but its Zoning Ordinance requires outdoor lighting for parking, storage, display, or security to be shielded and aimed away from residential property, reducing glare, light trespass, and overlighting. Sign lighting near residential zones must be indirect or non-reflective.
Knox County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 4.10.10.A
Lighting used for parking lots, outdoor storage, product display or security shall reduce the impacts of glare, light trespass and overlighting, promote safety and security and encourage energy conservation and shall not interfere with the operation of motor vehicles in the public right-of-way or adjacent uses of land.
Knox County's Zoning Ordinance requires outdoor lighting be shielded and directed away from residential lot lines, and bars operations producing intense glare or heat from casting it onto neighboring property. Illuminated signs cannot shine or reflect onto nearby residential land within 300 feet.
Knox County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 4.10.10.B
The light source shall be shielded and shall be arranged so that lighting is directed away from any boundary of the lot or tract adjacent to any property zoned to permit residential uses.
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