Sec. 26-5. - Light sources facing neighboring property.

(a)

No artificial lighting shall shine directly upon any neighboring residential property or be so established that it shall shine directly upon any neighboring residential property or shall shine directly on or into any rooms, porches or patios of any neighboring structure or property as to be a nuisance. Nor shall any artificial lighting be maintained or operated from any structure or land in such a way as to be a nuisance to neighboring residential properties or as to impair vision though inordinate glare or to create a hazard to neighboring properties or as to interfere with the reasonable quiet enjoyment, use or comfort of the occupants of the neighboring residential properties.

(b)

Exterior lighting facing neighboring residential property shall be hooded or shielded so that it does not produce an objectionable or inordinate glare on the neighboring residential property.

(c)

Penalties. Any person responsible for such nuisance or annoying lighting as described in this section shall, upon a complaint having been made to the department of code enforcement, be issued a warning to abate said nuisance. For failure to comply within 14 days of receipt of said warning, said person shall be subject to a fine of $100.00.

(Ord. of 4-14-2008(2); Ord. of 9-14-2015(3), § 1)