Whitfield County, GA Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

Article V of Chapter 5 regulates swimming pools in unincorporated Whitfield County, and Sec. 5-92, titled Lights, electricity and plumbing, is the county's only codified light-trespass standard: it requires that lights used to illuminate any swimming pool be arranged and shaded to reflect light away from adjoining premises, so a neighbor's yard or window is not lit up by a pool light aimed or angled toward the property line. The same section separately requires that all electrical work at the pool comply with the county electrical code and all plumbing comply with the county plumbing code, tying the lighting rule to the broader permitting and inspection process the building inspector's office runs for every pool under Sec.

5-94. Because this rule sits inside the swimming pool article, it does not reach general yard, security, or commercial lighting; the Code does not contain a freestanding outdoor-lighting or light-trespass ordinance for unincorporated Whitfield County outside this pool-specific provision. The rule works alongside Sec. 5-93, which bars operating or maintaining a pool in a way that unduly interferes with a neighbor's enjoyment of adjoining or nearby property, so a poorly shielded pool light that shines into a neighbor's home can support both an unshaded-light violation and a nuisance-interference complaint under the same article.