Ohio has no statewide dark-sky law, and Licking County sets no county-wide lighting standard. Outdoor lighting rules come from township zoning resolutions and the Newark, Heath, Pataskala, and Granville codes. Large data-center approvals near Intel carry their own lighting and glare conditions.
There is no Ohio dark-sky statute and no county-wide outdoor-lighting ordinance in Licking County. On unincorporated land, any lighting or glare standard comes from the individual township's zoning resolution under ORC §519, and many rural townships regulate lighting only lightly. Newark, Heath, Pataskala, and Granville set their own site-lighting standards, often requiring shielded, downward-directed fixtures for commercial sites. The county's fast-growing data centers, warehouses, and the Intel campus are large enough that lighting, shielding, and glare conditions are typically imposed through their site-plan and development approvals rather than through a general residential code.
Where a township or city sets lighting standards, non-compliant fixtures draw a correction notice and possible fines. Between homes with no applicable code, persistent glare is handled as a private nuisance in civil court.
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