§ 105-331. Requirements.

No person, firm or corporation, or their respective agents, servants or employees, shall install, repair, alter, replace, relocate, operate or maintain any permanent outdoor light fixture, lamp or other artificial means of radiating light ("exterior lighting") on private property in the Village which is not in compliance with the following requirements:

A. 

All exterior lighting shall be either fully shielded or fitted with opaque hoods, shields, louvers, shades and other devices to insure that all light generated by the light source is directed downward and not outward horizontally, and so fitted that no portion of the light source is visible when the light fixture is viewed from the property line. The term "light source" includes the light bulb and all refractive, reflective and translucent light-transmitting parts of the fixture. Post lanterns, pier lanterns and lanterns mounted on residences are exempt from the provisions of Subsections A and B of this section.

B. 

No exterior light source, including fixtures not mounted on the primary structure, shall be mounted higher than 20 feet measured from the actual grade immediately beneath the light source.

C. 

No exterior lighting shall illuminate any public or private road, public waterway, public beach, conservation easement or public right-of-way.

D. 

No exterior light source shall illuminate, reflect, spill over or so as to create a nuisance upon an adjoining property.

E. 

No flashing, laser, searchlight, strobe, tracing, pulsating or neon exterior lighting is permitted.

F. 

No recreational court, including tennis courts, basketball courts or sports courts shall be artificially illuminated after 10:00 p.m.

G. 

Lighting intended to illuminate foliage, trees, landscape or architectural structures must be fully shielded. Temporary holiday exterior lighting is exempt from the provisions of this section, except that such temporary exterior lighting shall not be lit earlier than 21 days before the date of the respective holiday and must be disabled within 15 days after the date of the respective holiday.

H. 

Exterior light source(s) installed along fences are prohibited.

I. 

Lighting that is determined by municipal law enforcement personnel to contribute to a condition of disabling or distracting glare into a public roadway from a light source may be ordered to be extinguished at any time.