2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Wake County, North Carolina.
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Wake County UDO Article 7-72 sets outdoor-lighting performance standards: fixtures must be full-cutoff or shielded so that no light is emitted above the horizontal plane, lumens-per-acre caps apply by district, and pole heights are capped by zoning category.
Wake County UDO §7-72 limits light trespass onto adjacent residential properties — typically 0.3 footcandles at the residential property line. Persistent trespass into a neighbor's bedroom window can also be addressed as a private nuisance under NC common law.
2 cities in Wake County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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