Teaneck regulates outdoor lighting through zoning standards that limit fixture height, glare, and spill onto adjacent residential properties.
The Teaneck zoning ordinance requires outdoor lighting for commercial parking lots, signs, and similar uses to be shielded and directed downward to prevent glare and unnecessary skyglow. Pole heights are capped, typically at 25 feet in commercial zones, and fixtures must be full-cutoff style for new installations. Residential floodlighting must not be directed toward neighboring homes or public streets in a manner that creates nuisance conditions. Site plan applicants must submit photometric plans demonstrating compliance.
Noncompliant lighting may result in zoning enforcement, citations, and orders to retrofit fixtures with shields or reduced wattage.
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