Re: Killer Lights

whowell wrote:
dk@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Starlord wrote:

Wish I had a bigger income, a lawsuit for "Light Trasspass" would be in the

works.



Such a notion, repeatedly promulgated by those who've never actually
tried it, is pure fantasy. BTDT

Most places have laws against things visually offensive, but it
remains legal to unnecessarily interfere with visual function.

IOW; The law in most places only addresses what you see, and refuses to
address issues affecting your actual ability to see.

Doug Kniffen

Not quite right.....a group of homeowners in So. California went to court over the lighting of a new auto dealership in about 1993. The car lot lights were spilling over the cement block wall and hitting the back of the houses. The court required the dealership to either shield or re-position the lights so than the lights illuminated only their own property.

I've heard of several other cases where residents had installed these bright "yard lights" and a neighbor protested the bright lights shinning into their yard.....and the courts required the placement of shielding.

Wayne Howell
Photon Phlats Observatory
Port Townsend, WA


Under common law, the term "trespass" means unauthorized intrusion or invasion of private premises or land that deprives an owner the use of his property. If the owner is engaged in looking at the night sky on his property, then a poorly shielded light can certainly be a trespass if it degrades or deprives him of that view.

Most municipalities have easements/exemptions for agriculture and public safety. If you try to get one of those mercury vapor lights on a farm turned off, the farmer can legally tell you to buzz off.
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