Light Trespass: Anza vs Moreno Valley

Riverside County Ordinance 655 and nuisance code Ordinance 725 jointly prohibit outdoor lighting that shines directly onto neighboring property or into bedroom windows. Any fixture that casts more than 0.5 foot-candles at a residential property line may be cited as both a lighting-code violation and a nuisance.

Moreno Valley prohibits outdoor lighting that spills onto adjacent residential properties at levels constituting a nuisance, with measurable limits typically capped at 0.5 foot-candles at residential property lines.