Wyoming, MI Outdoor Lighting: Light Trespass & Shielding (2026)

The City of Wyoming sets its light-trespass limit in Sec. 90-1311(a)(2) of the Form Based Code, the general lighting standard applying to development across the FBC context areas along 28th Street, Division Avenue, Crescent Street and Burton Street. The rule is a straight numeric ceiling: any illumination source on the development site must be designed so the light intensity or brightness measured at any property line does not exceed one foot-candle. That trespass cap is reinforced by the two neighboring provisions in the same subsection, Sec.

90-1311(a)(1), which requires shielded, hooded or louvered fixtures so the light source itself is not visible past the site boundary, and Sec. 90-1311(a)(3), which requires 100 percent cutoff above the horizontal plane and limits fixture height to 25 feet above average grade. Together the three provisions target the same problem from different angles: fixture design, mounting height, and a measurable ceiling on how much light can actually land on a neighbor's land. The city planner reviews lighting layouts for compliance with the one foot-candle limit as part of the sketch plan or site plan review required for development in the FBC context areas, the same review track used for building type, frontage and outdoor seating approvals under the same Division 3 general provisions.