No Massachusetts statute limits light spilling onto a neighbor's property, and Plymouth County cannot regulate it. Remedies come from a town lighting or nuisance bylaw and from a common-law private-nuisance claim, not county code enforcement.
Massachusetts has no state law governing residential light trespass, and Plymouth County has no ordinance authority to address it. A homeowner in Brockton, Plymouth, or a South Shore town bothered by a neighbor's floodlight relies on two paths: a town bylaw, where some communities regulate glare, fixture shielding, or nuisance lighting through zoning or general bylaws, and a common-law private-nuisance lawsuit, where a court can order an unreasonable light shielded, redirected, or dimmed. Absent a specific town bylaw, the nuisance suit is the main tool. The county cannot order a neighbor to change a light, and enforcement of any town bylaw runs through local officials.
No county or state agency cites light trespass. A town may enforce its own glare or nuisance bylaw through local officials, and a resident may bring a private-nuisance suit in which a court can order the offending light shielded.
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