Pageland, SC Outdoor Lighting: Dark Sky Rules (2026)

9 of Appendix A's Tiny House article sets the Town's only dark-sky-style lighting standard, and it applies specifically to Tiny House pocket-neighborhood developments rather than to residential lots generally. Streets within the development must be lighted at night, but fixtures used for horizontal tasks such as roadways, sidewalks, entrances, and parking areas must meet the IESNA full-cutoff standard, meaning no light output above 90 degrees at any lateral angle around the fixture, and cannot be mounted higher than 25 feet above finished grade. That full-cutoff design keeps light aimed downward instead of scattering sideways or upward into the night sky.

The same subsection extends a general nuisance standard to every other outdoor fixture in the development, including floodlights and spotlights: they must be aimed, located, designed, fitted, and maintained so they don't create a driving or walking hazard and don't create a nuisance by projecting or reflecting objectionable light skyward, onto a neighboring property, or onto a public roadway. The lighting plan, including the location, height, and type of every exterior fixture, is a required element of the site plan submitted to the Zoning Administrator and reviewed by the Planning Commission before preliminary approval of the development.