Osceola County's Land Development Code requires exterior site lighting to be designed so it does not bleed onto adjacent properties or rights-of-way — photometrics must read 0.0 (or the minimum recordable) at property lines — and must prevent a direct view of the light source from neighboring boundaries.
LDC Sec. 4.7.11(B) (Site Lighting) states exterior site lighting shall be designed so as not to allow lighting to bleed over to adjacent properties or right-of-way (0.0 foot-candles at property lines) and to prevent direct view of the light source from adjacent boundaries; photometric testing may be required before a Certificate of Occupancy. Canopy fixtures must be recessed, and exterior light strips visible from an adjacent property or right-of-way are prohibited (permitted signs excepted). Fixtures near low-density residential are capped at 18 feet. These standards apply chiefly to non-single-family development in unincorporated Osceola County; residential nuisance glare may also be addressed through the county nuisance code.
Non-compliant lighting can block issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy and is enforceable by Osceola County Code Enforcement under Chapter 7.
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