Paulding County sets no residential foot-candle light-trespass limit. The zoning code controls glare from parking and commercial fixtures, and the airport overlay requires lighting near the airport to prevent spillage and glare toward aircraft.
Paulding County does not fix a numeric foot-candle limit at residential property lines the way some counties do. Instead, glare control lives in the zoning ordinance's parking and overlay provisions. Parking-area lighting must be arranged so it does not cast glare onto adjacent streets or properties and, where required, uses a 90-degree cutoff. In the Paulding Airport Mixed-Use Overlay District around Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, outside lighting must be designed to prevent direct glare, light spillage, or hazardous interference with aircraft. A homeowner troubled by a neighbor's floodlight relies mainly on HOA covenants or a private nuisance action, since the county code does not cap residential light trespass.
Commercial and parking-lot lighting that throws glare across property lines violates the zoning standards; Community Development issues a correction notice and can withhold permits. No county penalty applies to residential light trespass.
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