Duluth UDC § 303.04
Requirements for Outdoor Sports and Recreational Lighting
Governing jurisdiction
Duluth
Land inside these city limits is governed by Duluth's own code and boards. A "Duluth, GA" mailing address is not proof of being inside them — most such addresses fall in unincorporated Gwinnett.
Boundary: US Census TIGERweb (Incorporated Places, ACS 2025 vintage), vintage 2025.
- Article
- 3 — Restrictions on Particular Uses
- Pages in source
- 96
- Adopted
- 2025-09-08
- Amended through
- 2026-07-13
- Source
- Adopted PDF
Text
a. Outdoor lighting installations which are employed for nighttime area illumination of sports and
recreational facilities, but not limited to, ballfields, ballparks, stadiums, tennis courts, water slides,
paintball facilities, drive-in theaters, soccer fields, golf courses, driving ranges, and recreation fields, and
the like shall meet the following requirements.
1. The candlepower distribution from all lighting
installations shall be cut off at and above the
horizontal level.
2. To the extent practicable, the candlepower
distribution from all lighting installations shall be
further cut off at angles below the horizontal level
to restrict direct illumination to within the
functional area being illuminated for sports and
recreation purposes.
b. The maximum maintained illuminance levels permitted at
the property line(s) during the nighttime, produced by the
sum of all outdoor sports and recreation lighting
installations on said property, shall be as measured at grade
in horizontal footcandles or horizontal lux according to
Table 3-A.
Illustrative example of lighting that cuts
off candlepower above the horizontal
level by using “full cutoff luminaires.”