Clarksville has adopted no dark-sky or night-sky ordinance, no lumen caps, and no color-temperature limits. The one shielding standard sits in Zoning Ordinance 5.10, the site plan checklist, which reaches development projects rather than houses.
A full-text sweep of the Clarksville Code of Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance returns zero hits for "dark sky," one hit for "outdoor lighting," and one for "luminaire." There is no lighting chapter and no curfew on residential floodlights. What exists is a plan note required by Zoning Ordinance 5.10, plus use-specific conditions in 5.1 and 5.2 for golf courses and drive-in theaters. The Downtown Urban Design Overlay 9.5 specifies high-pressure sodium street lighting fixtures, and the Madison Street Corridor guidelines in Appendix I say illumination should be shielded from adjacent properties. The Airport Overlay District in 9.1 restricts structure height near Outlaw Field under T.C.A. 42-6-101, but it is a hazard control, not a lighting rule.
Nothing to enforce against a homeowner. On a project needing site plan approval, unshielded lighting is a Regional Planning Commission approval issue before permits are released.
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