Fair Lawn's zoning and property maintenance provisions regulate outdoor lighting to prevent glare and light trespass onto neighboring properties and public streets, requiring shielded fixtures and reasonable directionality for exterior installations.
Under Fair Lawn's site plan and zoning standards, outdoor lighting on commercial, multifamily, and certain residential properties must be designed to direct illumination downward and onto the subject property. Fixtures must be shielded so the light source is not visible from adjoining properties or streets, and illumination crossing property lines is limited to specified foot-candle levels. The ordinance addresses parking lot lighting, sign lighting, and accessory structure lighting, with planning board review required for site plan applications.
Non-compliant lighting may trigger zoning summonses, mandatory retrofit or shielding orders, and daily fines until the lighting is brought into compliance with applicable site plan conditions.
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