Stedman, NC Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

25: any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential districts and public streets. 21, rather than setting a general outdoor-lighting or nuisance-glare standard for every property in town. 322, including the shape, size and location of proposed structures and other information the Zoning Inspector needs to confirm the ordinance is being observed, a parking-lot lighting layout that points fixtures toward a neighboring residential district or a public street can be caught and corrected before the Inspector issues the permit rather than only after the lights go on.

27's buffer requirement, which separately requires a landscaped or opaque buffer where a commercial parking lot, loading area or outdoor storage abuts a residential district, so a business is expected both to aim its lighting away from homes and to screen the lot itself. 25. 34 as a misdemeanor, a fine up to $50 or thirty days in jail, with each day of the violation a separate offense.