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

Section 17.14.070 governs all exterior lighting on private property citywide. Fixtures cannot exceed twenty feet in height or the height of the nearest building, whichever is less. Lighting must be energy-efficient and shielded or recessed so that direct glare and reflections stay within the site to the maximum extent feasible, and it must be directed downward and away from adjoining properties and public rights-of-way, the core light-trespass protection for neighbors. No permanently installed fixture may blink, flash, or be of unusually high intensity or brightness, as determined by the director, and every fixture must be scaled in intensity and height to the use it serves and kept properly maintained. The chapter's general performance standards fold lighting and glare into the citywide nuisance standard: Section 17.14.040(D) cross-references this lighting section as the controlling rule for light and glare impacts from any land use, alongside the noise, odor, and vibration standards that apply at the property line.