Kent County sets no countywide light-trespass limit; your city or township does through its zoning ordinance. Caledonia Charter Township, for example, defines light trespass as light falling beyond the property it is intended to illuminate and regulates it as obtrusive light.
Because Kent County does not zone (MCL 125.3201), spillover-lighting rules are municipal. Caledonia Charter Township's Zoning Ordinance Section 3.50 defines Light Trespass as light that falls beyond the property it is intended to illuminate, in either the horizontal or vertical plane, and treats it as a form of Obtrusive Light to be minimized through shielding and proper aiming of fixtures. Enforcement is by the local planning/zoning office. If your neighbor's lighting shines onto your property, first check whether your municipality has adopted an outdoor-lighting or obtrusive-light ordinance; if not, spillover may be a private nuisance matter rather than a code violation.
Where a local ordinance applies, light trespass onto adjoining property is a municipal zoning violation subject to civil-infraction fines and an order to shield or redirect the fixture. Otherwise it may be pursued as a private nuisance.
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