Montebello has no standalone light-trespass ordinance, but zoning controls limit glare onto neighbors. Parking areas serving five or more cars adjacent to residential zones must be screened, and reflective roofing and siding are prohibited on homes.
The city sets no numeric light-trespass or foot-candle limits at property lines; glare and spillover are managed through zoning. MMC 17.52.160(D) requires every parking area for five or more cars abutting a residential zone to be screened by a decorative masonry wall, which limits headlight and lighting spill onto homes. MMC 17.14.030(A) and (B) prohibit reflective, glossy, polished, or rolled-form metal roofing and siding on single-family dwellings to reduce daytime glare. New commercial and multifamily projects have lighting reviewed for compatibility with adjacent homes through site plan review (MMC 17.52.180, Chapter 17.74), and approval conditions can require shielding or downward-directed fixtures. Lighting that unreasonably interferes with a neighbor's property may be addressed as a nuisance through Code Enforcement.
Light spillover that violates a project's approved lighting plan or that rises to a nuisance can be addressed through code enforcement or nuisance abatement.
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