Deltona, FL Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)
Key Facts
- Spillover limit
- 1 foot-candle at property line
- Max pole height
- 35 ft incl. lamphead
- Plan required
- sealed by licensed engineer
- Applies to
- off-street parking facilities
Summary
Deltona limits parking-lot lighting so illumination at the property line or edge of adjacent pavement cannot rise more than one foot-candle, with fixtures capped at 35 feet and an engineer-sealed lighting plan required.
Lights, used to illuminate any off-street parking facility, shall be designed and installed to prevent a related hazard or nuisance to vehicular or air traffic and to prevent glare, annoyance or discomfort by directing light away from adjacent residential properties and adjoining streets. In no case shall illumination from a parking facility (including illuminated canopies) increase the level of illumination at the edge of pavement on adjacent streets or at the property lines of adjoining properties by more than one foot candle.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Deltona Code of Ordinances § 110-828(b)(2) requires an illumination plan from a licensed professional engineer for any off-street parking facility that will be lit. Fixtures must be designed to prevent glare toward adjacent residential properties and streets, and in no case may a parking facility, including illuminated canopies, raise illumination at the edge of adjacent street pavement or at an adjoining property line by more than one foot-candle. Light poles, including the lamphead, are capped at 35 feet, and any row of poles on a site must be equal in height.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the one-foot-candle spillover limit or the 35-foot pole height cap is a zoning violation under § 110-900(f); the city can order the lighting corrected, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.
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