Mobile County has no light-trespass ordinance, and Alabama has no statute limiting light spilling onto a neighbor's property. Remedies come from HOA deed restrictions and a common-law private-nuisance claim, not county code enforcement.
No Mobile County rule addresses light shining from one property onto another in unincorporated areas, and Alabama has no state statute governing residential light trespass. Because the county cannot zone unincorporated land, a homeowner near Semmes or Grand Bay bothered by a neighbor's floodlight relies on two tools: recorded HOA deed restrictions, which often limit glare and require shielded fixtures, or a common-law private-nuisance lawsuit in which a court can order an unreasonable light shielded, redirected, or dimmed. Cities such as Mobile may address glare within their limits, but the county enforces nothing. The county cannot order a neighbor to change a light.
The county cannot cite light trespass because no ordinance exists. Relief comes through an HOA covenant complaint or a private nuisance suit, where a court may order the offending light shielded or dimmed.
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