DeSoto County has no formal dark-sky ordinance. Commercial site-plan review in municipalities typically requires full-cutoff fixtures and limits spillover to 0.5 foot-candles at residential property lines. Residential lighting is largely unregulated.
Neither DeSoto County nor its cities (Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando) has adopted a comprehensive dark-sky ordinance or joined the International Dark-Sky Association program. Regulation comes through zoning and site-plan review: commercial, industrial, and multi-family projects must submit a photometric plan showing full-cutoff (fully shielded) fixtures, maximum foot-candle levels on site, and spillover at property lines typically capped at 0.5 foot-candles where adjoining residential zones. Parking lot pole heights are limited (generally 25 to 30 feet) with shielding at the edges. Single-family residential lighting is not regulated except where it rises to a nuisance. LED color temperature preferences (3000K or lower warm white) appear as best-practice recommendations rather than mandates. MDOT controls roadway lighting on interstates and state highways.
Commercial non-compliant fixtures flagged in site plan review: correction before certificate of occupancy. Post-occupancy violation: notice to correct within 30 days, fines $100 to $500. Repeat commercial offenses: up to $1,000 per day. No residential penalty absent nuisance.
Hernando, MS
Hernando enforces quiet hours generally from 10 PM to 7 AM under local municipal ordinances authorized by MS Code Ann. §21-19-1 general police powers.
Hernando, MS
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Hernando, MS
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