Neither Lubbock County nor the City of Lubbock has adopted an International Dark-Sky or full-cutoff lighting ordinance. The city instead requires certain lighting, such as billboard and community-garden lighting, to be shielded so it does not spill onto adjacent property. The county cannot zone lighting.
Texas counties have no zoning authority, so unincorporated Lubbock County has no dark-sky or outdoor-lighting ordinance. The City of Lubbock has not adopted a comprehensive dark-sky or full-cutoff standard either; its Unified Development Code addresses light only through use-specific shielding rules. For example, community-garden lighting must be shielded so that all directly emitted light stays on the property, and billboard lighting must be shielded so it does not produce intensive or excessive light or glare on adjacent property. There is no general residential dark-sky mandate. Residents troubled by night lighting usually rely on these use-specific rules, on private restrictive covenants, or on the Texas disorderly-conduct nuisance statute rather than a dedicated dark-sky code.
Where a shielding rule applies (billboards, community gardens, and similar uses), unshielded lighting that spills onto adjacent property is a code violation subject to City of Lubbock enforcement.
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