Las Cruces, NM Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

Light trespass means light that falls beyond the property it is intended to illuminate.

Lighting means "electric" or "manmade" or "artificial" lighting. See "Lighting equipment".

Lighting equipment means equipment specifically intended to provide gas or electric illumination, including but not limited to, lamp(s), luminaire(s), ballast(s), poles, posts, lens(s), and related structures, electrical wiring, and other necessary or auxiliary components.

Lighting system means, on a site, all exterior electric lighting and controls.

Lighting zone means an overlay zoning system establishing legal limits for lighting for particular parcels, areas, or districts in a community.

Lot means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for development. It also is a tract of land described by metes and bounds and as shown on the records in the county assessor's office. Used interchangeably with "property".

Low voltage landscape lighting means landscape lighting powered at less than 15 volts and limited to luminaires having a rated initial luminaire lumen output of 750 lumens or less.

Lumen means the unit of measure used to quantify the amount of light produces by a lamp or emitted from a luminaire (as distinct from "watt", a measure of power consumption).