Guadalupe County has no dark-sky ordinance for private homes. Texas has no general outdoor-lighting statute, but Local Government Code 240.032 lets counties near San Antonio's military bases adopt lighting orders around a base on the commander's request. Guadalupe County has adopted none.
No Guadalupe County ordinance requires shielded or dark-sky lighting on private property. Texas has no statewide dark-sky law for homes. One narrow exception matters here: because Guadalupe County sits next to Bexar County, home to Joint Base San Antonio and Randolph AFB near Schertz and Cibolo, Local Government Code Section 240.032 lets the commissioners court adopt outdoor-lighting orders within five miles of a military installation - but only on the base commander's request and after a public hearing. The county has not adopted such orders. Lighting around Randolph AFB is instead controlled through the San Antonio-area Military Lighting Overlay District and city codes. HOA deed restrictions govern most neighborhood lighting.
The county issues no dark-sky citations to private property owners because it has adopted no lighting order. HOAs enforce lighting covenants civilly, and city and military overlay standards bind property inside those jurisdictions, not unincorporated homes.
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