York County has no light-trespass ordinance. Whether spillover light onto a neighbor's property is regulated depends on your borough or township zoning ordinance. Absent a local rule, neighbors' remedy is a private nuisance claim under Pennsylvania common law.
"Light trespass" — unwanted light spilling onto adjoining property — is not addressed at the York County level. Some Pennsylvania municipalities cap foot-candle levels at property lines or require shielded fixtures in their zoning or SALDO lighting standards adopted under the Municipalities Planning Code; many have no such rule. Where no ordinance applies, a resident bothered by a neighbor's floodlight generally has no code to invoke and must pursue a private-nuisance action in the Court of Common Pleas, proving the light substantially and unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of their property. Check your municipality's zoning ordinance first; if none exists, the dispute is a civil matter.
Where a local lighting standard exists, the municipal zoning officer enforces it with correction orders and fines; otherwise the only remedy is a private nuisance lawsuit.
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