Outdoor Lighting in New Jersey (2026)

Long Branch bans a specific list of outdoor light types citywide: unshielded sources, upward-pointed fixtures, mercury…

Clifton Code § 461-60D requires all lighting for off-street parking areas to be arranged and shielded so it reflects…

In East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, outdoor lighting in the HC-3 Highway Commercial Shopping Center District must…

In the City of East Orange, Article XXIX of the Land Use Chapter requires every exterior lighting fixture approved…

Edison Township's outdoor lighting ordinance states its purpose is to stop misdirected or excessive light, glare, light…

Elizabeth's design standards chapter requires every outdoor light source, not just billboards, to be shielded so no…

Freehold Township bars artificial lighting that shines directly onto a neighbor's land or into windows, porches or…

Galloway has outdoor lighting standards in § 233-17.2 of its Land Management ordinance, including a limit that a light…

Hackensack's zoning performance standards ban direct or sky-reflected glare from industrial, business, office…

Hamilton Code § 550-115.B requires nonglare, color-corrected lighting focused downward for parking areas, walkways and…

In the City of Hoboken, City Code § 196-19F(6) requires exterior lighting for all commercial-district uses to be…

Lakewood Township's lighting article bans 'sky glow' outright and pushes every commercial and parking-lot lighting plan…

Artificial lighting on any property in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, cannot exceed 0.5 footcandle beyond any…

Every exterior light fixture on a non-residential, non-school Newark site must carry a shield that confines the light…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, § 430-258 of the Township Code controls outdoor lighting glare. Parking and loading areas in…

In the City of Plainfield, outdoor lighting on development sites is controlled through Chapter 17 site plan review…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 190-85 requires all site lighting fixtures to be shielded and directed downward so no…

A Township zoning performance standard caps outdoor artificial lighting on any use or structure at 0.5 footcandle…

Trenton limits outdoor lighting to one footcandle at any lot line and requires every luminaire to use full cutoff or…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-86.M(9) of the City Code requires parking area lighting to be shielded from adjacent…

In Wayne Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, § 134-77 requires every exterior light on a site plan to be shielded so…

Bergenfield's redevelopment plans for the Area 'D' and West Church Street zones direct developers to choose new…

City Code § 31-11.12(c) asks outdoor lighting in Linden's Planned Commercial Development (PCD) district to meet 'dark…

In the City of Bayonne, site lighting for any parking area, industrial use or commercial development may not exceed one…

Bergenfield's site plan approval standard at Borough Code § 186-108L bars building, property and sign lighting from…

Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, limits light trespass in § 345-4. Illumination at the property line cannot exceed 0.5…

Brick Township's site plan approval standard requires that outdoor lighting's location, power, direction and hours of…

Clifton City Code Ch. 305 requires every artificial light on private land to be shaded and aimed away from adjoining…

In East Brunswick Township, lighting designed for site plan, planned unit residential and subdivision development must…

In the City of East Orange, § 51-189F(4)(a) of the Land Use Chapter caps site lighting at 0.5 footcandle at any…

Edison Township requires shielded light fixtures for all outdoor security lighting and for lighting that illuminates…

Elizabeth's design standards ordinance caps how much light can spill onto a neighboring lot: maximum illumination at…

Freehold Township requires every multifamily residential zone to light its parking areas and access drives from sunset…

Hackensack's zoning code requires lighted parking areas in residential districts to be arranged so they throw no glare…

Hamilton Code § 550-120.L bars any use from producing 'a strong, dazzling light or a reflection of a strong, dazzling…

In the City of Hoboken, City Code § 196-19F(6) requires exterior lighting fixtures in commercial districts to be…

Howell Township Code § 188-22 requires all area lighting to be focused downward and shielded to prevent light spillage…

Jackson Township's Chapter 244 performance standards cap outdoor light spilling onto a neighbor's land: § 244-160L…

Residential exterior lighting in Lakewood Township cannot push more than half a footcandle onto a neighbor's property…

Linden requires landscape buffers around federal, state and county government facility sites to block headlight glare…

Long Branch caps light trespass onto neighboring property at 0.5 footcandle in a vertical plane at the property line…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, § 175-116 requires light shields on all lights, bars the light…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, artificial lighting on any property may not exceed 0.5 footcandle beyond any…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, outdoor lighting has to minimize glare on residential property, use shielding…

Newark's zoning code puts a hard number on light trespass: no more than 0.5 footcandle at the property line next to a…

Old Bridge Township caps how much artificial light can spill onto a neighbor's land: illumination from any lot cannot…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, parking facilities that abut residential land must have lighting arranged and installed so it…

Passaic's Property Maintenance Code directly bars light trespass in multi-unit housing: § 219-95.D requires that…

Paterson's Land Development Ordinance requires outdoor lighting to be shielded and aimed so it doesn't spill onto…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, no use is allowed to direct or reflect light beyond its lot lines. Exterior…

Piscataway's Zoning Chapter requires every light source on a building or lot to be shielded so no glare reaches a…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, outdoor lighting cannot shine into building windows, or onto streets and…

The Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, caps outdoor light spilling onto neighboring residential land at one…

Every use in Toms River Township must keep artificial light under 0.5 footcandle past its property line, and any…

Trenton caps outdoor lighting at one footcandle measured at any lot line and requires every outdoor luminaire to be…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-86.M of the City Code caps outdoor site lighting at the property line between 0.0 and…

In Wayne Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, § 134-77(E) caps lighting at property lines at not more than 0.1 lumen…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, exterior lighting submitted with a site plan must be shielded where lights…

Chapter 650's General Provisions require every exterior light in Irvington, in every zoning district, to be shielded…

Freehold Township bars billboard-type signs outright, so there is no separate billboard lighting standard to comply…

Elizabeth permits billboards only as a conditional use near state or federal highways or rail lines, under Schedule…

Howell Township prohibits new billboards in all zones, and any sign light needs approval under § 256-6C: the Code…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, the zoning chapter prohibits billboards in every district except industrial…

In the City of Bayonne, billboards allowed within the Limited Commercial Overlay Zone District along the New Jersey…

Bergenfield bans flashing, rotating, or intermittent sign illumination and requires every illuminated sign to be…

In the City of East Orange, a permitted billboard must be shielded so its lighting never shines onto the traveled…

Off-premise signs and billboards in Edison Township, New Jersey, cannot exceed 0.2 foot-candle over ambient light…

Billboard lighting along Hamilton's I-195/I-295 corridors must shut off between midnight and sunset and is limited to…

Lakewood Township caps digital billboard brightness at 0.2 foot-candles above ambient light measured within 150 feet of…

Section 175-91.2(C)(4) of the Monroe Township Code bars any billboard illumination that interferes with aircraft…

Newark caps how billboards and other signs may be lit: internal illumination must stay static in color and intensity…

Old Bridge Township lets a billboard's advertising surface be lit only from dusk until 11:00 p.m. under Code §…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, an off-premises sign (billboard) in the O-2 district must use shielded…

Piscataway Township requires billboard lighting along Interstate 287 to stay confined to the sign face under Township…

Trenton caps sign and billboard illumination at one foot-candle measured at the lot line under § 315-12.4, and limits…

In the City of Vineland, § 425-78.I(5) of the City Code sets the only illumination standard that applies to every…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, § 134-63.5 governs billboards in the I, Industrial district. If a billboard is…