The county cannot zone lighting, and the City of Lubbock has no general residential light-trespass ordinance. The Unified Development Code does require certain uses, like billboards, to shield lighting so it produces no excessive light or glare on adjacent property. Nuisance glare can also fall under state disorderly-conduct law.
Unincorporated Lubbock County has no light-trespass rule because a Texas county cannot zone. The City of Lubbock has not adopted a general residential light-trespass or spillover standard; its Unified Development Code controls glare only for specific uses. Billboard lighting, for instance, must be shielded so as not to produce intensive or excessive light or glare on adjacent property, and community-garden lighting must stay on the property. A homeowner bothered by a neighbor's floodlight generally has no dedicated city code to invoke and instead relies on private nuisance law, deed restrictions, or, for deliberate glare, the Texas disorderly-conduct statute (Penal Code Section 42.01). Confirm with City of Lubbock Planning whether any newer lighting standard applies to your zoning district.
For regulated uses such as billboards, unshielded lighting that casts excessive light or glare onto adjacent property violates the city code; deliberate glare can be charged as disorderly conduct under Texas Penal Code 42.01.
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