Lucas County has no light-trespass ordinance. Toledo controls glare and spillover only in development review, requiring lighting that minimizes spillage onto adjoining residential properties. A neighbor's light shining onto your home is generally handled as a private nuisance under Ohio law, not a county code violation.
There is no countywide light-trespass code. Toledo's zoning lighting standards require that, on reviewed developments, light spillage or glare onto adjoining residential properties and streets be minimized, and outdoor storage/industrial lighting be shielded to prevent glare observable off-site. Between two homeowners, however, no zoning permit governs an existing porch or security light. Persistent, unreasonable light that interferes with a neighbor's use of their property can be pursued as a common-law private nuisance, and extreme cases may implicate Ohio's disorderly-conduct statute (ORC 2917.11). Start by talking to the neighbor.
No county penalty for residential light trespass; remedies are civil nuisance abatement. Development lighting must meet zoning shielding conditions.
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