St. Joseph County's Zoning Ordinance limits light trespass for covered properties: § 154.351 requires floodlights and accent lights to be shielded so the beam does not spill glare onto adjacent properties or rights-of-way.
St. Joseph County addresses light trespass directly in its Zoning Ordinance. Section 154.350 declares that fixtures must protect against the spillover of light onto abutting properties. Section 154.351(J) requires flag, statue, architectural, floodlight, and sign lighting to be so directed and shielded that the light element is not visible from any point along an adjacent public right-of-way, and § 154.351(K)(2) requires floodlights shielded so the main beam is not visible from or causes glare onto adjacent properties. These rules bind commercial, industrial, and multifamily sites. On single-family lots, only the glare rule in § 154.073(B)(7) applies; a neighbor dispute may also be a private nuisance.
A covered property that lets floodlight glare spill onto a neighbor violates the St. Joseph County Zoning Ordinance and can be denied a permit until corrected. Between single-family homes, relief comes through the glare rule or a private nuisance claim.
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