2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lucas County, Ohio.
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Lucas County has no dark-sky ordinance. Toledo's zoning code addresses lighting only through development and parking-lot review, requiring fixtures to minimize light spillage and glare onto adjoining residential properties and streets. There is no countywide residential dark-sky or full-cutoff mandate.
Toledo Municipal Zoning Code, Sec. 1103.1213 Lighting Requirements
In reviewing the lighting proposed for a lot to be developed in the District, factors to be considered include: ... Light spillage or glare onto adjoining residential properties and/or streets is minimized.
Lucas County has no light-trespass ordinance. Toledo controls glare and spillover only in development review, requiring lighting that minimizes spillage onto adjoining residential properties. A neighbor's light shining onto your home is generally handled as a private nuisance under Ohio law, not a county code violation.
Toledo Municipal Zoning Code, Sec. 1103.0911 Lighting Requirements
Light spillage or glare onto adjoining residential properties and/or streets is minimized.
1 cities in Lucas County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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