Jefferson Parish has no dark-sky ordinance. Its zoning code addresses outdoor lighting through a glare-control standard: lighted off-street parking facilities must aim and shield fixtures to direct light and glare away from adjacent residential districts.
There is no comprehensive dark-sky or lumen-cap ordinance in the parish. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance controls exterior lighting mainly to prevent glare onto neighbors. Under Sec. 40-662(k), lighted off-street parking must be designed, located, fitted, aimed and maintained to keep light and glare off adjacent residential districts. Residential yard lighting is not separately capped, but light that spills onto neighbors can be addressed as a nuisance under the parish nuisance code (Ch. 19). Cities within the parish set their own lighting rules.
Non-compliant parking-lot lighting is a zoning violation; nuisance glare onto neighboring homes may be abated under the parish nuisance code with citations and fines.
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