Camarillo, CA Outdoor Lighting: Dark Sky Rules (2026)

47, adopted in its current form by Ordinance No. 040(F). 050 backs that standard with an outright list of prohibited lighting: any outdoor system installed without approved plans and permits, flashing or moving lights outside the sign ordinance's exceptions, unshielded pack lighting and area-wide floodlighting, searchlights or laser lights, and any lighting that causes glare or spillover. 060 requires commercial, industrial, office, mixed-use and multifamily properties to submit a lighting plan certified by a licensed civil or electrical engineer before building permits issue, including pole height, fixture manufacturer data, wattage, lumens, correlated color temperature, and a point-by-point photometric layout spaced no more than ten feet apart extending twenty feet past the property line.

065 add numeric limits: correlated color temperature cannot exceed 4000 Kelvin generally, or 3000 Kelvin in residential zones; commercial and office light poles cap at twenty feet within one hundred feet of residential property and thirty-five feet elsewhere with a planned development permit; residential light poles cap at fifteen feet, or twenty feet for RPD and mixed-use multifamily projects. Limited exemptions exist for low-wattage residential entry fixtures, shielded flagpole lights, year-round string lights on patios and decks that do not outline structures, and solar lights of 300 lumens or less aimed within the property.