No county-wide dark sky ordinance in Westchester. Municipalities regulate lighting through zoning. Bedford, Pound Ridge, and North Salem have dark-sky-leaning rules (full-cutoff fixtures, foot-candle limits at property line).
Westchester County has no uniform lighting ordinance. Northern rural towns have dark-sky-oriented rules: Bedford Town Code Chapter 125-27 requires full-cutoff fixtures for non-residential uses, limits illuminance to 0.1 foot-candle at residential property lines, and prohibits uplighting. Pound Ridge Zoning §113-49 requires downward-directed fixtures with full shields and limits lighting height to 20 ft. North Salem §250-37 and Lewisboro §220-28 have similar standards. In denser southern municipalities, lighting is typically regulated only at site plan review for commercial properties (no uniform residential rules). Residential floodlight spillover complaints are generally handled under private-nuisance common law rather than code. IES RP-33 guidelines often referenced but not mandated. NYS Exec Law §374 empowers DOS to set minimum efficiency standards.
Zoning violations: $100-$500 per day typical under municipal zoning enforcement. Site-plan noncompliance can trigger certificate of occupancy denial for commercial properties.
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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers, NY
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