No West Virginia statute limits light spilling onto a neighbor's property, and unincorporated Kanawha County has no light-trespass ordinance. Remedies come from city zoning and nuisance codes and from a common-law private-nuisance claim, not state enforcement.
No West Virginia statute caps light crossing onto a neighbor's land, and unincorporated Kanawha County, having no zoning, has no standalone light-trespass rule. A resident bothered by a neighbor's floodlight has two paths. The first is a city code: Charleston, South Charleston, and other municipalities address glare and nuisance lighting through zoning performance standards and general nuisance provisions, and can order an offending fixture shielded or redirected. The second, available anywhere in the county, is a common-law private-nuisance claim, where a court may order an unreasonable light dimmed or redirected 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. 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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