Grand Prairie, TX Outdoor Lighting: Dark Sky Rules (2026)

5, part of Article 10's Glare and Lighting Standards, requires that light sources be of a down-light type, indirect, diffused, or shielded type luminaries, and/or so installed and maintained as to reduce glare effect and interference with adjacent properties and boundary streets. The section then draws a bright line for decorative and unshielded fixtures: bare bulbs rated above 15 watts and strings of lamps are prohibited outright, with a single carve-out for temporary lighting that runs no more than 45 days in a calendar year, covering seasonal or event displays without permitting them as a permanent feature.

4's minimum parking-lot intensity standard, an average of at least two foot candles initial and one foot candle maintained on the pavement surface, so a site has to satisfy both a floor and a ceiling: enough light to meet the parking-area minimum without exceeding the glare limits at the property line, using fixtures that are the down-light or shielded types this section requires. Compliance is reviewed as part of the site's lighting plan during development review, and the Building Official's staff can require a fixture swap, added shielding, or relocation of poles before a Certificate of Occupancy issues if installed lighting does not match the approved plan or produces disallowed glare.