Suffolk County towns have some of the strongest dark-sky ordinances in New York. Southampton, East Hampton, Southold, and Shelter Island enforce full-cutoff fixture requirements, lumen caps, and color temperature limits at or below 3000K.
Town of Southampton Chapter 330 Article XXVIIIA (Outdoor Lighting) requires full-cutoff fixtures, color temperature 3000K or less, and limits residential lumens to 8,500 per property. Town of East Hampton 255-11-97 similarly requires full-cutoff fixtures, prohibits up-lighting of landscape, and enforces curfew shut-off by 11 PM for non-essential lighting. Town of Southold Chapter 172 mandates dark-sky compliance and 2700K maximum color temperature in agricultural zones. Shelter Island Chapter 69A imposes the strictest lumen cap on Long Island. Brookhaven Chapter 81 requires shielded fixtures for new installations. Light pollution complaints investigated by town code enforcement.
Dark-sky violations $250-$1,000 per fixture per day. Uncorrected violations trigger fixture removal orders. Commercial CO issuance conditioned on lighting plan compliance.
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