Outdoor Lighting in Spalding County, GA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Spalding County, Georgia.
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Dark Sky Rules
Inside Spalding County's Tri County Crossing Overlay District near U.S. Highway 19/41 and Zebulon Road, exterior lighting must use full cutoff, downward-facing fixtures instead of unshielded glare. Pole-mounted lights on private property cannot rise above sixteen feet, building-mounted floodlights must aim straight down, and every wall or pole fixture needs an opaque housing that hides its light source from the street to cut ambient glow and light pollution.
Spalding County TCC Outdoor Lighting Shielding
Some RestrictionsSpalding County Zoning Ordinance, Appendix IV, Art. 22B § 2207B(F)(5)(a),(b),(d),(g)
5.Exterior lighting.a.The purpose of these criteria is to create standards for outdoor lighting which will provide nighttime safety, security and utility, while reducing light pollution and light trespass, and increase conservation of energy. Any lighting used to illuminate parking areas, access drives or loading areas shall be of such a design or level of illumination so as to minimize the amo...
Light Trespass & Shielding
Where a Tri County Crossing Overlay development sits next to residentially zoned land, Spalding County caps spillover light at one foot-candle measured at the property line. The standard exists specifically to curb what the ordinance calls light pollution and light trespass, and compliance is checked with a manufacturer-calibrated light meter rather than a visual estimate, giving neighbors a measurable ceiling on glare crossing onto their land.
Spalding County TCC Light Trespass Limit
Some RestrictionsSpalding County Zoning Ordinance, Appendix IV, Art. 22B § 2207B(F)(5)(a),(e)
5.Exterior lighting.a.The purpose of these criteria is to create standards for outdoor lighting which will provide nighttime safety, security and utility, while reducing light pollution and light trespass, and increase conservation of energy. Any lighting used to illuminate parking areas, access drives or loading areas shall be of such a design or level of illumination so as to minimize the amo...
Billboard Lighting
Outdoor advertising signs, i.e. billboards, in unincorporated Spalding County must be lit from the top rather than up-lit from the ground, under Sec. 201-5.B of the county's Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, Appendix G, Article 2. Vertical illuminance from the sign face is capped at 55 footcandles, with a separate, far stricter 0.5-footcandle cap on spillover measured at a residential property line.
Spalding County Billboard Lighting Limits
Some RestrictionsSpalding County Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, Appendix G, Art. 2 § 201-5.B
B.Outdoor advertising signs and other signs.1.Any externally illuminated outdoor advertising sign erected subsequent to the effective date of this ordinance shall be illuminated from the top. Vertical illuminance shall not exceed fifty-five (55) footcandles.2.In the event that any sign is rendered nonfunctional by damage, the lighting shall be made to conform to this ordinance when the function...
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