Outdoor Lighting in Troup County, GA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Troup County, Georgia.
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Dark Sky Rules
In unincorporated Troup County, Section 5.6 of the Unified Development Ordinance requires all outdoor lighting fixtures to be full cutoff, directing no light above the horizontal at the luminaire. The Community Development Department enforces the standard through building and electrical permits, and the code states its purpose is to curtail sky glow and preserve the dark night sky for astronomy.
Outdoor Lighting Dark-Sky Rules in Unincorporated Troup County
Some RestrictionsTroup County Unified Development Ordinance, Appendix B § 5.6
Sec. 5.6. - Outdoor lighting.(1)Purpose. The regulations of this division are intended to: ... (c)Preserve the dark night sky for astronomy; ... (3)General regulations.(a)Outdoor lighting fixtures must be full cutoff and placed so as to allow no light above the horizontal as measured at the luminaire, except as herein noted in this section (as in the case of period fixtures, cutoff fixtures may...
Light Trespass & Shielding
In unincorporated Troup County, Section 5.6(3)(b) of the UDO requires every outdoor lighting fixture to be located, aimed, or shielded so it does not spill glare or stray light across a property line or into the public right-of-way, and the same section sets numeric foot-candle ceilings measured at the property line itself.
Light Trespass Limits for Outdoor Lighting in Troup County
Some RestrictionsTroup County Unified Development Ordinance, Appendix B § 5.6(3)
(b)Outdoor lighting fixtures must be located, aimed, or shielded to minimize glare and stray light trespassing across lot lines and into the public right-of-way. ... At Property Lines Including Rights-of-Way Maximum Foot-candles At property line abutting a residential or an agricultural or agritourism, and rural tourism use 0.5 At the property line abutting an office or institutional use 1.0 At...
Billboard Lighting
In unincorporated Troup County, freestanding "interstate signs," the county's term for large roadside billboards allowed only along I-85 in Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial zoned lots, are barred outright from using digital or changing-message lighting under Section 10.7(g), and every sign's illumination must meet the general glare standard in Section 10.6(4).
Billboard Lighting Rules in Unincorporated Troup County
Significant RestrictionsTroup County Unified Development Ordinance, Appendix B §§ 10.6(4), 10.7(g)
(4)Illumination. No sign shall be illuminated by lights that flash, move, change in intensity, or turn on intermittently more than once a day, unless it is a permitted automatic changeable copy sign as allowed in subsection 10.8. To prevent glare visible from a public road, street or adjoining property, the beam of any light shall be directed as not to be visible beyond the sign at which it is ...
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