Springfield, MO Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

The Land Development Code's exterior lighting objectives require arrangements that minimize light spillover onto adjacent premises and that shade, shield, or direct light so its intensity or brightness doesn't adversely affect adjoining property. That principle is enforced with numbers: fixtures without cutoff shielding are capped at three-tenths footcandle at any point on the property line adjoining a residential district, rising to one footcandle where the perimeter doesn't adjoin residential land. Full-cutoff fixtures get a slightly higher residential-line cap of one-half footcandle. Parking lots are separately capped at a five-footcandle average.