Kootenai County has no general light-trespass ordinance for homes. The only glare rule (LUDC 8.5.203) covers permitted recreational lighting, which must be shielded so it causes no glare on public rights-of-way or adjacent properties. Neighbor light disputes are otherwise a civil/nuisance matter.
There is no dedicated residential light-trespass standard in the unincorporated county. The Land Use and Development Code addresses glare only for permitted outdoor recreational uses: under LUDC 8.5.203, such lighting must be downward directed and screened so that it produces no glare on public rights-of-way or adjacent properties. For ordinary residential light spilling onto a neighbor's property, the county code sets no numeric limit; residents typically look to subdivision covenants or pursue it as a private nuisance. Sign lighting is separately limited: in residential and agricultural zones, permitted signs may be only indirectly (externally) illuminated with concealed, shielded lights, and internally lit signs are prohibited.
Recreational lighting that causes glare on roads or neighboring parcels violates 8.5.203; a residential light nuisance is generally pursued civilly rather than by the county.
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