Menifee, CA Outdoor Lighting: Dark Sky Rules (2026)

01, adopted by Ord. 2009-24, splits outdoor lighting into three classes: Class I covers sales, eating, assembly, repair, and outdoor advertising displays; Class II covers walkways, private streets, equipment yards, parking lots, and security; Class III covers decorative lighting like flagpoles, trees, and building walls. 020 makes low-pressure sodium the preferred source citywide and subjects every non-exempt fixture to shielding and hours-of-operation rules. 040(A): a maximum of 8,100 total lumens per acre, or per parcel for parcels under an acre, and any allowed lighting must be focused to minimize spill light into the night sky and onto adjacent properties, fully shielded where feasible and partially shielded otherwise.

040(B)'s table then sets per-fixture rules by class: low-pressure sodium is allowed in all three classes; other lamp types above 4,050 lumens are allowed only if fully shielded for Class I, and are prohibited outright for Class II and Class III; other lamp types at or below 4,050 lumens are allowed in all three classes. and sunrise, with exceptions for illuminated on-premise signs while the business is open, outdoor advertising displays until midnight, sales and industrial areas actually in use, and recreational facilities finishing an event in progress. 050 to prove compliance before installation.