Massachusetts has no statewide dark-sky lighting law for private property, and Plymouth County cannot make one. Any shielded-lighting or dark-sky requirement comes from a town zoning bylaw or site-plan condition, which vary widely across Brockton, Plymouth, and the South Shore.
No Massachusetts statute requires dark-sky or full-cutoff lighting on private homes and businesses, and Plymouth County has no ordinance power to impose one. Where dark-sky rules exist they come from a town zoning bylaw or from site-plan and special-permit conditions adopted under MGL c.40A. Several South Shore and coastal towns require shielded, downward-directed fixtures in new commercial development or near residential zones, and towns near the Plymouth coast weigh lighting effects on beaches and turtle-nesting habitat. Standards are set town by town, so a fixture allowed in one community may be restricted in the next. Enforcement runs through the town building department and planning board, never the county.
There is no county or state dark-sky citation for private property. A town enforces its own lighting bylaw or site-plan condition through the building inspector or planning board, requiring a noncompliant fixture to be reshielded or replaced.
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