New Jersey has no statewide dark-sky lighting law for private property, and Atlantic County cannot make one. Any shielded-lighting or full-cutoff requirement comes from a municipal zoning or site-plan ordinance, and the shore towns add beachfront glare and dune-lighting rules.
No New Jersey statute requires dark-sky or full-cutoff lighting on private homes and businesses, and Atlantic County has no ordinance power to impose one. Where dark-sky rules exist they come from a municipal zoning ordinance or from site-plan and conditional-use conditions adopted under the Municipal Land Use Law. Many Atlantic County towns require shielded, downward-directed, full-cutoff fixtures in new commercial and multifamily development, cap pole heights, and limit foot-candle spillover at property lines. The barrier-island towns of Brigantine, Ventnor, and Margate go further, restricting glare and light directed toward the beach and dunes so that oceanfront lighting does not wash across the shore.
There is no county or state dark-sky citation for private property.
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