Kane County requires outdoor lighting for parking and site facilities to be designed so it does not produce direct illumination, glare, or excessive light onto surrounding property. Spillover lighting onto adjacent property may not exceed 0.5 lumens per square foot. There is no formal dark-sky ordinance for single homes.
Zoning Ordinance Section 25-14-1-6 governs site lighting: fixtures illuminating off-street parking must be designed so they do not cast direct illumination, glare, or excessive light onto neighboring public and private property, and applicants submit a lighting plan (fixture type, pole height, photometrics). Spillover onto adjacent property is capped at 0.5 lumens per square foot. These standards apply to commercial and institutional site development rather than ordinary residential yard lights, and Kane County has not adopted a comprehensive residential dark-sky ordinance. Excessive residential lighting is instead addressed through nuisance/glare provisions.
Lighting exceeding the 0.5-lumen spillover limit or causing glare is a zoning-plan violation; the county can require re-aiming, shielding, or fixture changes.
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