2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Santa Cruz County, California.
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Unincorporated Santa Cruz County has no countywide dark-sky ordinance, but its design-review lighting standards (County Code Chapter 13.11) require site, building, security, and landscape lighting to be directed onto the site and away from adjacent properties, with light sources not visible off-site and parking-area light poles limited to 15 feet.
Unincorporated Santa Cruz County addresses light trespass through its design-review lighting standards (County Code Chapter 13.11), which require lighting to be directed onto the site and away from adjacent properties and bar light sources from being visible off-site. Permitted sign lighting must be unobtrusive with glare directed onto the site.
1 cities in Santa Cruz County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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