Dorchester County sets no foot-candle limit on light spilling onto a neighbor's yard, and South Carolina has no light-trespass statute. Relief for homeowners comes from HOA covenants or a common-law nuisance claim, not county code enforcement.
No Dorchester County ordinance caps how much light may cross a residential property line, and South Carolina has no statute on residential light trespass. A homeowner near Summerville bothered by a neighbor's floodlight relies on recorded HOA covenants, which often require shielded fixtures, or on a private-nuisance lawsuit. The county's zoning lighting authority reaches development site plans, where glare and spillover onto adjacent property can be limited, not a single homeowner's yard light. Summerville may apply its own glare standards to development inside town limits. For a bright neighbor's light, the practical fix is civil, not a county citation.
The county issues no light-trespass citation to a homeowner because no ordinance sets a spillover limit. Remedies are civil: an HOA covenant complaint or a private nuisance suit to shield or dim the light.
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