Fairfax County zoning staff are drafting a new ordinance to create a lighting overlay district for a county park that has been pursuing an Urban Dark Sky Park designation. This article highlights community disputes over lighting requirements, but it leaves out a critical aspect of the "property rights" argument: the right of residents to not have light trespass and glare inflicted on them by neighbors. Everyone has the right to light their own property--not someone else's. The negative impact of neighbor's excessive outdoor lighting on quality of life is the number one reason Virginians contact our chapter.
https://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/in-great-falls-contretemps-dark-skies-at-night-are-not-everyones-delight/article_7ae016e2-3aa5-11ed-abca-4b2b267a5b7c.html
