Acworth, GA Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

F of Appendix B, the Zoning Ordinance, addresses lighting only in the context of parking facilities: adequate lighting shall be provided if the facilities are to be used at night, and such lighting shall be arranged and installed so as not to reflect or cause glare on abutting properties. That is the entire operative text; Acworth has not built out a separate outdoor-lighting chapter covering fixture shielding, color temperature, or curfews. 6 already requires visual screening (a wall, solid fence, or hedge row at least five feet tall) between vehicle-use areas in a residential district and abutting residential property, so glare control and screening work together to protect neighboring lots from a commercial or multi-family parking area next door.

Because the standard is phrased as a performance requirement rather than a specific footcandle limit or fixture spec, compliance is judged case by case, typically at site plan review when the Community Development Department examines a proposed parking layout, and again if a neighbor complains after the fact that fixtures are casting glare across a property line. 6.