No Nebraska statute limits light spilling onto a neighbor's property, and Sarpy County has no standalone light-trespass ordinance. Remedies come from local zoning and nuisance codes and from a common-law private-nuisance claim, not state enforcement.
No Nebraska statute limits light spilling onto a neighbor's property, and Sarpy County has no standalone light-trespass ordinance. A resident bothered by a neighbor's floodlight has two paths. The first is the county or city's zoning and nuisance code; the county's home-occupation standards already bar glare and bright lights noticeable beyond the property line, and cities such as Bellevue and La Vista address glare in their codes. The second is a common-law private-nuisance claim, where a court can order an unreasonable light shielded, redirected, or dimmed if it substantially interferes with a neighbor's use of their property. Enforcement of any local standard runs through local officials, not the state.
No state agency cites residential light trespass. The county or a city may enforce a glare or nuisance provision through code enforcement, and a resident may bring a private-nuisance suit asking a court to order the light shielded or dimmed.
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