2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Polk County, Florida.
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Polk County has no county-wide dark-sky ordinance for homes. The LDC requires that lighting for parking and loading areas be shielded or aimed away from adjacent properties and roadways, and prohibits signs so bright they glare onto neighboring residential property.
Polk County LDC Sec. 730.H (Lighting)
All parking and loading areas designated or intended for public use after dark shall have lighting. The illumination for, and glare from, these facilities shall be designed so that the lighting is shielded or aimed away from adjacent properties and roadways.
Polk County has no residential light-trespass ordinance. The LDC bars signs bright enough to glare onto adjoining residential property and requires development parking lighting to be aimed away from neighbors, but light spilling from one home to another is generally a private nuisance matter.
Polk County LDC Sec. 760.E.4 (Prohibited Signs)
Signs of such intensity or brightness that glares onto adjoining residential property or impair the vision of motorists, cyclists, or pedestrians using or entering a public way.
2 cities in Polk County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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