Showing ordinances that apply to Turley, OK
Turley is an unincorporated community (population 2,607) in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Because Turley is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Tulsa County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The dark sky rules rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Tulsa County has no countywide dark-sky ordinance. Outdoor lighting in unincorporated areas is largely unregulated, though the Tulsa Zoning Code Title 42 applies in parts of the county and restricts glare from commercial fixtures. Oklahoma has no statewide dark-sky law for private property.
Oklahoma has not adopted a statewide dark-sky standard, and Tulsa County has not enacted a standalone dark-sky ordinance for unincorporated areas. Residential outdoor lighting is therefore largely unregulated except where it creates a common-law nuisance. For land within the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission jurisdiction, the Tulsa Zoning Code (Title 42) Chapter 65 governs outdoor lighting for non-residential zones: it requires full-cutoff fixtures in many commercial districts, caps illuminance at property lines adjoining residential zones (typically 0.5 footcandles), and limits pole heights in parking lots. Incorporated towns like Jenks, Bixby, and Broken Arrow have their own lighting standards. International Dark-Sky Association model codes are not adopted by reference. LED color temperature is not regulated at the county level, though 3000K or warmer is the industry best practice to minimize sky glow over the Tulsa metro.
Unshielded commercial fixtures under Title 42: citation and fines up to $500 per day until corrected. Illumination over 0.5 fc at residential property line: notice of violation and required re-aiming/shielding. Residential: generally only nuisance-based enforcement.
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