Ramapo, NY Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

Section 376-127 lets the Planning Board permit day camps and outdoor recreation facilities, including swimming pools, subject to conditions limiting hours of operation. Subsection B sets a pool classification table by size, from Class A pools over 3,600 square feet needing a 200-foot setback down to Class D pools of 1,600 square feet or less needing a 100-foot setback, and Subsection C ties all recreational facilities back to the minimum setbacks in the § 376-41 Bulk Table. , the facility's applicable setback doubles, and every fixture must be positioned so the light source itself is not visible from any adjoining property, a shielding standard rather than a lumen or footcandle cap.

Subsection E backs this up by banning public-address systems and other amplified noise at these facilities except in emergencies. The same not-visible-from-adjoining-property language appears in § 376-124(A) for stables and riding academy lighting, showing this is a recurring accessory-use standard rather than a single townwide light-trespass ordinance; Ramapo's code has no general outdoor-lighting chapter covering every property. The Planning Board attaches this lighting condition when it grants the special permit for a day camp or recreation facility, and the Building Inspector enforces it afterward as an ordinary Chapter 376 zoning requirement.