Coweta County has no general dark-sky or outdoor-lighting ordinance for residential property, and Georgia has no statewide dark-sky law. Glare and spillover are handled mainly through private nuisance law, HOA covenants, and case-by-case site-plan conditions on larger projects.
Coweta County's zoning and development ordinance does not set a countywide residential outdoor-lighting or dark-sky standard, and Georgia has no statewide dark-sky statute. There is no county rule requiring full-cutoff fixtures or a fixed color temperature for a homeowner's yard lights. For large commercial and subdivision projects, Community Development can attach lighting and glare conditions during site-plan and rezoning review, but that is discretionary rather than a published residential standard. Homeowners bothered by a neighbor's lighting generally rely on private nuisance law in civil court and on HOA covenants, which are common in Coweta's subdivisions and often impose their own shielding rules. The cities of Newnan and Senoia may set their own lighting standards inside city limits.
With no county lighting ordinance, code enforcement generally cannot cite a residential fixture for glare alone. Relief usually comes through an HOA architectural process or a private nuisance claim in civil court.
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