Fullerton, CA Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

080, titled Industrial Environmental Controls, is written "to minimize environmental pollution by industrial or other activities" and applies to any activity carried on in an industrial zone classification. Subsection (F), Glare, requires that all on-site lighting devices be designed so as to limit glare and spillover onto adjacent property that carries a residential zone classification. 90, smoke/dust/fumes must meet South Coast Air Quality Management District rules, odors cannot be offensive beyond the parcel line, hazardous materials require a Fire Department storage permit, and machine vibration causing noticeable displacement at the property line is prohibited outright.

The glare provision was adopted by Ord. 2982 in 2001 and carried forward by Ord. 3066 in 2005. Because the rule is written as a design standard rather than a numeric footcandle cap, compliance is judged on whether fixtures, shielding and placement actually keep light from spilling onto a neighboring residential parcel, not against a fixed lux or footcandle table. The Code Enforcement Division within the Community and Economic Development Department is the city office that fields complaints about industrial glare and inspects fixtures against this standard as part of its general code compliance work.