Chatham County has no general light-trespass ordinance; spillover from a neighbor's lights is handled through zoning standards or nuisance law. On Tybee Island, beachfront fixtures must be shielded so the light source is not visible from the beach (Sec. 3-230).
Everyday light-trespass between neighbors is not covered by a specific countywide rule; remedies come from NewZO lighting standards where they apply and from Georgia common-law private nuisance for severe, persistent glare. The one place with an explicit, quotable shielding standard is Tybee Island's sea-turtle code. Under Land Development Code Sec. 3-230, floodlights shall be shielded and mounted so that no light illuminates the beach and the point source of light is not visible from the beach, and pole lighting must be shielded and directed away from the seaward side. Those rules protect the beach and dunes rather than adjacent yards, but they show the shielding standard the city enforces. For a neighbor dispute elsewhere, start with the neighbor, then the
Where a lighting standard applies (such as Tybee Sec. 3-230), the city or county can order a fixture shielded, redirected, or turned off. Absent a local standard, the remedy for severe glare is a private-nuisance action.
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