Unincorporated Shawnee County sets no numeric light-trespass limit for homes. Its Zoning Regulations bar light and glare from crossing property lines only for specific uses, such as home occupations and bed-and-breakfast events, so most residential glare disputes are handled as private nuisance.
There is no Kansas light-trespass statute and no county foot-candle limit on residential lighting in unincorporated Shawnee County. The enforceable no-spillover rules apply to particular uses. A home occupation may not project sound, light, or glare off the premises (Sec. 29.02), a bed-and-breakfast inn's events must not create glare perceptible beyond the property line, and communication-tower security lighting must be shielded from adjacent property (Sec. 26.17). When an ordinary neighbor's floodlight spills onto your home, the county has no residential lighting citation, so the remedy is a private nuisance claim, an HOA rule where one applies, or the City of Topeka's code if you live inside city limits.
Glare from a regulated use that crosses the property line is corrected through the Shawnee County Planning Department's zoning enforcement. Ordinary residential light-trespass has no county penalty and is pursued as a civil nuisance or under Topeka's ordinance.
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