Genesee County does not enforce a light-trespass rule. Whether glare or light spilling onto a neighbor's property is limited comes from your local zoning or nuisance ordinance, not from the county.
Light trespass, where a neighbor's or business's lighting spills onto your property, is addressed by local zoning and general-nuisance ordinances within Genesee County rather than by any county code. Michigan's Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3101 et seq.) gives cities, villages, and townships this authority. Municipal standards commonly cap illumination measured at the property line and require shielded fixtures for commercial sites. In the absence of a specific local standard, persistent glare may still be pursued as a private nuisance. Start with your municipal code-enforcement or zoning office to identify any applicable maximum foot-candle limit at the lot line.
Exceeding a local light-trespass or property-line lighting limit is a municipal zoning/nuisance violation; the county does not issue such citations.
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