Redlands, CA Outdoor Lighting: Dark Sky Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Shielding
- Required for all outdoor agritourism fixtures
- Curfew
- Lights off by 11:00 p.m.
- Motion-sensor lights
- Must extinguish within 5 minutes
- Blinking/flashing lighting
- Banned
- Adopted
- Ordinance 2961 (2024)
- Applies to
- A-1 District agritourism uses
Summary
Redlands requires agritourism lighting fixtures in the A-1 Agricultural District to be fully shielded, capped at 11:00 p.m. except for limited safety exceptions, and adopted under Ordinance 2961 in 2024. Section 18.20.200(E)(9) bars glare overspill and separately prohibits blinking, flashing, or high-intensity fixtures that cause light trespass onto neighboring farms.
9. Outdoor Lighting Standards For Agritourism Uses: ... b. ... All outdoor fixtures shall be fully shielded, installed, and maintained in such a manner that shielding does not permit excessive light trespass. c. All outdoor lighting shall be extinguished by eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M., close of business, or when people are no longer present in exterior areas, whichever is later, except for the following: (1) Lighting used for entry or exit points of a structure, parking areas, driveways, and driveway ingress/egress points; or (2) Lighting activated by motion sensor that extinguishes no later than five (5) minutes after activation. d. Blinking, flashing, or high-intensity lighting that causes light trespass are prohibited.
Full Breakdown
, close of business, or when people are no longer present in exterior areas, whichever is later," with narrow exceptions for entry, exit, parking, and driveway lighting, and for motion-activated fixtures that switch off within five minutes. 06) and the state Right to Farm Act. Because it sits inside the agritourism development standards rather than a citywide lighting chapter, it applies specifically to lighting installed for agritourism structures and activities on A-1 land, not to ordinary farmhouse or security lighting elsewhere in the district.
Violations & Fines
An agritourism operator who installs unshielded, blinking, or overnight lighting past the curfew violates the land use approval conditions and section 18.20.200, which section 18.208.040 treats as an unlawful public nuisance the city attorney can abate or enjoin, with section 18.208.050 making a knowing violation a misdemeanor punishable per day of continuation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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