Marietta, GA Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

01(B)(4) permits golf courses and driving ranges in the R-1 Single-Family Residential/Agriculture district, but only if any building connected to the use sits back at least 100 feet from every property line and, under (B)(4)(b), the lighting is established in such a way that no direct light shall cast over any property line nor adversely affect neighboring properties. 01(E)(1)(a) for places of assembly, private parks and playgrounds, and neighborhood recreation centers or swimming pools, uses that need a special-use approval from City Council rather than being permitted by right.

That special-use track also carries its own 75-foot building setback and, for pools, a requirement to meet the Standard Swimming Pool Code. There is no separate, freestanding outdoor-lighting or dark-sky ordinance elsewhere in Part 7: the no-direct-light standard exists only as a condition attached to these specific R-1 uses, golf and driving-range facilities and City-Council-approved assembly and recreation uses, not as a citywide rule governing every homeowner's floodlight or security light. 05 for the R-2, R-3, R-4 and RA-4 districts, so light spillover control in Marietta's single-family zones is use-specific rather than a blanket residential lighting code.