Outdoor Lighting in Michigan (2026)

Clinton Township limits exterior fixtures to white, non-glare light sources and caps both brightness and mounting…

Dearborn's zoning ordinance requires outdoor fixtures to be full cut-off and shielded to curb sky glow, caps most pole…

Farmington Hills requires every outdoor light fixture in the city to be a fully shielded luminaire, keeping light from…

Genesee County has no countywide dark-sky or outdoor-lighting ordinance. Any shielding, glare, or fixture-height…

Grand Rapids' zoning code requires High Intensity Discharge fixtures on reviewed outdoor lighting installations to keep…

Every fixed exterior light in Lansing, whether on a pole or a building, must be fully shielded and aimed straight down…

Livonia requires full cut-off, shielded fixtures on nonresidential outdoor lighting so the light source itself is never…

Sterling Heights requires exterior fixtures, including wall-packs, to be fully shielded and pointed downward so no…

Troy requires every freestanding pole and building-mounted light fixture to be a full cut-off or fully shielded…

Warren's zoning ordinance sets a dark-sky style lighting standard for used car lots in the C-3 Wholesale and Intensive…

Within Wyoming, Michigan's Form-Based Code corridor areas, exterior site lighting other than flag or decorative…

Detroit's zoning code requires all non-residential development to minimize off-site light spillover and nightglow to…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code requires exterior lighting to be aimed and shielded so it stays off neighboring land…

Dearborn caps site lighting at 1.5 foot-candles at any lot line, dropping to 0.5 foot-candles next to a residential…

Detroit caps light spillover from non-residential and commercial lighting, including security lighting, at 0.5…

Farmington Hills bars outdoor light fixtures from spilling illumination beyond the property line onto neighboring land…

Security lights in Grand Rapids must be shielded, full cut-off fixtures aimed only at the area they protect; general…

Lansing caps how much outside light can spill onto a neighbor's property. Zoning Code § 1250.04.03(b)(1)b. holds site…

Livonia caps light spilling onto a neighboring property at 0.5 foot-candles measured five feet off the ground at the…

Sterling Heights caps how much light a site can throw, from 2 footcandles in security areas up to 30 near auto-dealer…

Troy caps outdoor light spilling onto neighboring land: under Zoning Ordinance Section 13.05.C.2, light can't exceed…

Warren's zoning ordinance regulates auto wash lighting directly: Section 14.01(p)(A)(6) requires every fixture on an…

Westland caps exterior lighting at one footcandle at the property line and requires fixtures to be aimed and deflected…

In Wyoming, Michigan's Form-Based Code corridor areas, exterior site lighting cannot exceed one foot-candle of…

Flint requires every illuminated sign, including billboards, to shield its light source so passersby and neighboring…

Grand Rapids caps digital billboard brightness at 0.3 footcandles of ambient light and bans flashing, moving, or…

Wyoming, Michigan caps every digital billboard's light output at 0.2 foot candles above ambient light and requires…

Clinton Township's sign code regulates how illuminated signs, including billboard signs in the I-2 Industrial District…