Kissimmee, FL Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)
Key Facts
- Parking-lot height cap
- 30 feet maximum
- Pedestrian-area height cap
- 15 feet maximum
- Cut sheets required
- Show shields, reflectors, refractors, lenses
- Governing section
- Kissimmee LDC § 14-10-9.F, .K
Summary
Kissimmee requires outdoor fixtures to carry directional shields, reflectors, or lenses that aim and limit the light angle, and caps mounting height at 30 feet in parking lots.
Drawings of all typical fixtures must show the directional controls such as shields, reflectors, refractors, and lenses that will aim and limit the angle of illumination. Details must show the vertical angle of illumination that will determine shielding angle... Except within the public rights-of-way, light fixtures may not exceed 30 feet in height when located within a parking lot and may not otherwise exceed 15 feet in height adjacent to pedestrian facilities.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
Under Kissimmee's site lighting code, every fixture on a photometric plan must be submitted with the manufacturer's cut sheets showing its directional controls, shields, reflectors, refractors, and lenses, that aim and limit the angle of illumination, plus the vertical angle that sets the shielding angle. Mounting height is capped too: outside public rights-of-way, fixtures may not exceed 30 feet in a parking lot and may not exceed 15 feet where adjacent to pedestrian facilities. Together the cut-sheet and height rules are how the city keeps security and parking-lot lighting aimed down and shielded rather than glaring outward.
Violations & Fines
A photometric plan lacking cut sheets or exceeding the height caps is bounced at plan review; an as-built fixture that doesn't match the approved plan can draw a code enforcement citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How tall can a security light pole be in a parking lot?
Do I have to prove my security light is shielded?
Sources & Official References
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