2 rules for unincorporated Sierra County, California.
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Despite its rural, dark night skies, unincorporated Sierra County has not adopted a dark-sky or outdoor-lighting ordinance. The code's Street Lights chapter (SCC 8.80) is reserved and empty, and the zoning title sets no shielding, lumen, or fixture standards. No county lighting permit is required.
Unincorporated Sierra County has no light-trespass ordinance and sets no foot-candle limit for light spilling onto neighboring property. There is no shielding or fixture standard in the code. Severe, ongoing light spillover could be addressed under the general public-nuisance provision, SCC 8.20.030.
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