Fulton County does not have a comprehensive dark-sky ordinance. Outdoor lighting is regulated under zoning overlay districts (Milton, parts of Roswell) requiring full-cutoff fixtures.
Atlanta and most Fulton cities have no general dark-sky ordinance. Milton — a more rural Fulton city — adopted outdoor-lighting standards requiring full-cutoff (IDA-friendly) fixtures in some agricultural districts. Commercial-development site plans must include photometric studies in some overlay districts (e.g., Big Creek). Residential lighting is largely unregulated unless it constitutes a §46-137 light-trespass nuisance.
Nuisance citation under §46-137 (county) or municipal equivalent. Commercial site-plan violations: stop-work + civil fines.
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