Rancho Cordova, CA Outdoor Lighting: Billboard Lighting (2026)

3 foot-candles above ambient light, with brightness measured using a foot-candle meter positioned 250 feet from the face of the sign. The same subsection requires every digital display area to include a light-sensing device that automatically raises or lowers the sign's brightness as ambient daylight conditions change through the day and night, rather than running at a single fixed output. This brightness standard applies only within the four mapped overlay geographies, Sunrise Boulevard, Hazel Avenue, the mineshaft property, and Bradshaw, where a digital freeway sign has already been approved through a conditional use permit as either a refurbished or relocated billboard.

3 foot-candle ceiling and the sign's physical footprint stay the same. The subsection immediately following, Quality and Maintenance Plan, requires the sign operator to submit a plan documenting how the brightness standard and the rest of the development standards will be maintained and repaired over the life of the sign, tying the lighting limit directly into the ongoing conditions of the conditional use permit.