Vienna, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 18-471

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Allowed light sources

    Only incandescent, LED, fluorescent, metal halide, or color-corrected high-pressure sodium lighting sources may be used.

  • Full cut-off or shielded fixtures required

    Exterior lighting must consist of full cut-off or directionally shielded lighting fixtures that are aimed and controlled so that the directed light is substantially confined to the object intended to be illuminated and not to exceed the boundary of the property.

  • Opaque shielding required adjacent to residential

    Lighting on any property abutting a property that is zoned and developed for single-unit detached residential, vacant, or homeowner's association open space, including light poles located on top of any parking structure, must be equipped with supplemental opaque shielding on the residential property side of the lighting fixture to reduce glare caused by direct light source exposure.

From the ordinance

Exterior lighting must consist of full cut-off or directionally shielded lighting fixtures that are aimed and controlled so that the directed light is substantially confined to the object intended to be illuminated and not to exceed the boundary of the property.
Sec. 18-471