Massachusetts has no statewide dark-sky lighting law, and Lynn has no citywide dark-sky ordinance for private homes. Outdoor-lighting controls appear only as conditions imposed during zoning site-plan and special-permit review.
Neither Massachusetts nor the City of Lynn imposes a general dark-sky or full-cutoff lighting mandate on ordinary homes. There is no statewide lighting statute, and Lynn's Zoning Ordinance sets no citywide shielding or color-temperature standard for private residences. Where lighting is controlled, it comes through the discretionary review of new development: Lynn's planning authorities can attach conditions on fixture shielding, pole height, and glare when they grant site-plan approval or a special permit under the Zoning Act, MGL c.40A. Larger commercial, mixed-use, and multifamily projects are where those lighting conditions appear. A single-family homeowner installing exterior lights faces no city dark-sky permit.
There is no dark-sky citation for an ordinary Lynn home. Where a project's site-plan approval or special permit imposed lighting conditions, Inspectional Services enforces those conditions, and violating them can jeopardize the permit or certificate of occupancy.
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