Peoria, AZ Holiday Decorations: Holiday Light Rules (2026)

Peoria has no specific ordinance limiting the dates, brightness, or duration of residential holiday lighting. Residents may install seasonal lights on private property without prior approval. Permanent exterior wiring such as hardwired soffit channels or always-on landscape lighting requires an electrical permit through Peoria Development and Engineering and must be installed per the National Electrical Code as adopted by Peoria. Peoria is a heavily HOA-governed community; many subdivisions enforce holiday lighting display windows (typically Thanksgiving through mid-January) and brightness or color rules through recorded CCRs. Excessive sustained brightness or sky-glow that constitutes a verifiable nuisance can be addressed through Peoria Code Compliance under the City's general property maintenance and nuisance provisions. Commercial holiday displays involving temporary signage may fall within the Peoria Sign Code's temporary sign limits, but private residential holiday lighting itself is not regulated as signage. The City participates in the annual Peoria Holiday Lights program centered on Old Town and the Peoria Sports Complex, but residential lights are not city-regulated.