No Pennsylvania statute limits light spilling onto a neighbor's property, and Monroe County cannot regulate it. Remedies come from a township or borough lighting or nuisance ordinance, a POA's architectural rules, or a common-law private-nuisance claim.
Pennsylvania has no state law governing residential light trespass, and Monroe County has no ordinance authority over it. A homeowner in Stroud, Pocono, or Coolbaugh Township bothered by a neighbor's floodlight has three paths. First, some Monroe County municipalities regulate glare, fixture shielding, and light spillover at property lines through zoning or general nuisance codes, enforced by the zoning officer. Second, inside a gated community, the property owners association can order an offending light shielded or removed under its rules. Third, a common-law private-nuisance suit lets a court order an unreasonable light shielded or dimmed if it substantially interferes with a neighbor's use of their property. The county cannot order a neighbor to change a light.
No county or state agency cites light trespass. A township or borough may enforce its glare or nuisance ordinance, a POA may enforce its rules, and a resident may bring a private-nuisance suit to shield or dim the light.
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