Outdoor Lighting in Oklahoma (2026)
19 rules on the books across Oklahoma, 8 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Dark Sky Rules
Ordinances designed to reduce light pollution, including requirements for shielded fixtures, limits on brightness, and curfews for decorative lighting.
Broken Arrow
Some RestrictionsBroken Arrow's zoning code requires every outdoor light fixture on nonresidential, multi-family, and mixed-use sites to…
Read full rule →Edmond
Some RestrictionsEdmond's Zoning Ordinance requires all outdoor lighting on multifamily and nonresidential sites to stay confined to the…
Read full rule →Lawton
Some RestrictionsLawton City Code Section 6-1-5-187 requires that when a development installs site lighting, the light bulbs themselves…
Read full rule →Midwest City
Some RestrictionsMidwest City caps outdoor lighting spilling onto residential property at 0.5 foot-candles and bars light beams from…
Read full rule →Norman
Some RestrictionsSince July 22, 2011, every new commercial, industrial, institutional, or multifamily development in Norman must use…
Read full rule →Oklahoma City
Some RestrictionsOklahoma City caps outdoor lighting spillover at 0.2 footcandles onto neighboring residential lots and requires fully…
Read full rule →Tulsa
Some RestrictionsTulsa's zoning code requires outdoor fixtures installed since 2016 to be shielded with cutoffs limiting glare, caps…
Read full rule →Light Trespass & Shielding
Rules preventing outdoor lights from shining onto neighboring homes, shielding and full-cutoff fixture requirements, aiming standards, and footcandle caps at the property line.
Broken Arrow
Some RestrictionsBroken Arrow requires every outdoor light fixture on commercial and multi-family sites to be shielded and aimed…
Read full rule →Edmond
Some RestrictionsEdmond requires building-mounted security lights to stay below the roofline, be shielded, and match the building's…
Read full rule →Lawton
Some RestrictionsLawton City Code Section 6-1-5-187 limits how much light a development's site lighting can throw onto a neighboring…
Read full rule →Midwest City
Some RestrictionsMidwest City's zoning code requires security lights mounted above six feet to use down-light or cut-off fixtures, and…
Read full rule →Moore
Some RestrictionsThe City of Moore caps wall-mounted luminaire height at 15 feet and bars direct glare visible from six feet above grade…
Read full rule →Norman
Some RestrictionsNCC 36-549 caps light spilling onto neighboring single- or two-family property at 0.2 footcandles measured at the…
Read full rule →Oklahoma City
Some RestrictionsOKC caps light spilling onto neighboring lots at 0.2 footcandles near homes and requires fully shielded fixtures to cut…
Read full rule →Tulsa
Some RestrictionsTulsa caps spillover light at the property line to 0.5 foot-candles next to homes and 3.0 foot-candles elsewhere…
Read full rule →Billboard Lighting
Lighting standards for outdoor advertising, luminance limits, dwell time, sky-glow mitigation, and curfew hours after which billboards must dim or shut off.
Broken Arrow
Some RestrictionsBillboards in Broken Arrow may only use external, shielded lighting: the Zoning Ordinance's sign table does not list…
Read full rule →Lawton
Some RestrictionsLawton's sign code lets off-premise billboards use direct or indirect illumination but locks every other dimension…
Read full rule →Norman
Some RestrictionsNorman's off-premises sign standards, NCC 28-601, ban billboard lighting that glares into traffic or obscures a traffic…
Read full rule →Tulsa
Some RestrictionsTulsa caps illumination on off-premise billboards at 70 foot-candles measured at the sign face, requires constant…
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