Tuscaloosa, AL Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

Sec. ' Sec. 25-158(b) makes that concrete: except for street lighting, every exterior fixture and any indoor fixture visible from outside the building must be designed, located, and directed so illumination measured in footcandles at ground level at any point on a lot line does not exceed table VI-15's caps. 0 footcandles next to commercial uses in any zoning district. Division 6 applies to new development, redevelopment, and expansions or alterations of fifty percent or more of a building's floor area under Sec. 25-154(a), subject to exemptions in Sec.

0 footcandles at an adjoining residential lot line. Fixture design rules in Sec. 25-156 reinforce the trespass cap by requiring full cut-off fixtures directed downward, capping fixture height at twenty feet in residential districts and twenty-five feet elsewhere, and limiting decorative uplighting to 1,600 lumens per fixture. Review of these standards ties to the underlying development, permit, or building-permit application under Sec. 25-155. The division was adopted by Ord. No. 9572, § 2, effective December 17, 2024.