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SALEM LAKES — In response to a concern raised by a resident, Salem Lakes officials will explore drafting an ordinance to regulate “light trespassing” in residential areas.

Resident Tim Driscoll said his neighbors are using industrial lighting on the front of their house that shines directly toward his home.

“We moved out into the county to be where there isn’t a lot of lights,” Driscoll said. “You typically don’t put that type of lighting in the front of the house.”

Village president Diann Tesar said village officials have gone to the property at night to see what Driscoll calls “nuisance lighting.”

“I felt kind of helpless for you too,” Tesar said. “There is nothing in our ordinances that regulates (residential lighting).”

Driscoll said he has spoken to his neighbor about the issue.

“I think there is a need for the village to adopt standards about residential and commercial lighting,” Driscoll said. “The village of Bristol has extensive lighting standards. They have like six pages.”

The purpose is threefold:

To provide standards for exterior lighting that do not interfere with reasonable use.