Pasco, WA Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)

010 defines "outdoor lighting fixture" to include, among other things, lighting for billboards, along with street lights, shopping center or parking area lights, and illuminated advertising signs. 32 PMC. 040(4), which makes it unlawful to illuminate an outdoor sign, which includes a billboard, by lighting projected above the horizontal between midnight and sunrise. 020, requiring fixtures to be shielded so the edge of the shield is level with or below the center of the light source, minimizing any direct light emitted above the horizontal. 030 further limits the lighting source itself to clear or white mercury vapor lamps, low-pressure sodium vapor, or high-pressure sodium vapor lamps.

050 by submitting fixture type, wattage, location, and duration of use; the Building Inspector has 10 working days to decide, and a denial can be appealed to the Code Enforcement Board. 080 sets the penalty structure for the whole chapter, including billboard lighting violations.