Outdoor Lighting in Macon-Bibb County, GA (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.

Verified from official government sources

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

Dark Sky Rules

Macon-Bibb County requires nearly all outdoor light fixtures to use IES semi-cutoff, cutoff, or full cutoff distribution and be partially or fully shielded to cut glare and spillage, with deviations reviewed by the Executive Director at development plan review.

Macon-Bibb County Outdoor Light Shielding Rules

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County Comprehensive Land Development Resolution § 4.09[1](b)

Except as may be allowed below, all acceptable outdoor luminaries shall employ Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) "semi-cutoff", "cutoff" or "full cutoff" light distribution designations and shall be either partially shielded fixtures or fully shielded fixtures to reduce glare or spillage.

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Light Trespass & Shielding

Macon-Bibb County requires every outdoor light fixture, regardless of where it sits on a property, to be designed and installed so it does not glare or spill onto neighboring properties or reflect into any public right-of-way.

Macon-Bibb County Light Trespass Rule

Some Restrictions

Macon-Bibb County Comprehensive Land Development Resolution § 4.09[1](a)

All lighting, regardless of location, shall be designed and installed to prevent direct glare and light spillage onto adjacent properties and shall be so situated as not to reflect into any public right-of-way.

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Billboard Lighting

Every illuminated sign in Macon-Bibb County, including a billboard, is capped at 5,000 nits during daylight hours and 500 nits from dusk until dawn under the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution, and no billboard is allowed to flash, pulse or use intermittent or moving light except the narrow electronic-transition modes allowed for multiple message billboards.

Macon-Bibb Billboard Lighting Limits

Some Restrictions

Comprehensive Land Development Resolution § 25.09

[1]Illuminated signs are prohibited on single or two-family residential properties located in residential or historic zoning districts. Where illumination is allowed on signs in residential or historic zoning districts, only remote source illumination may be used and no visible bulbs, neon tubing, luminous paints or plastics shall be permitted as a part of any signs or sign structures in said d...

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