Sunrise has no dark-sky or full-cutoff ordinance and, as an inland city, no sea-turtle lighting rules. Outdoor lighting is governed by Land Development Code section 16-150, which caps light-fixture height at 25 feet and requires certified photometric plans for development.
Sunrise sits in western Broward County, well inland, so Florida's coastal sea-turtle lighting rules do not apply, and the city has adopted no dark-sky or full-cutoff mandate for residential porch or yard lights. The operative standard is Land Development Code section 16-150, which governs lighting for off-street parking and site development. It limits outdoor light-fixture height to 25 feet above grade, or 40 feet inside a regional shopping center, requires a maintained minimum of 1.5 footcandles in parking lots with a maximum-to-minimum ratio no greater than 12:1, and mandates a photometric plan certified by a registered professional engineer before lighting is placed in service.
Non-compliant site lighting must be corrected within 30 days of a city notice under section 16-150; unresolved violations proceed to Sunrise code compliance and the special magistrate, and photometric-plan approval is required before a certificate of occupancy issues.
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