Light Pollution

[Citizen Caine]

Does anyone know if there are local ordinances concerning light pollution around the lake? We face two communities that have, what we and many of our neighbors consider to be, overly bright to the point of obnoxious, lights that ruin the otherwise beautiful nighttime sky. Neighbors of ours have asked the community representatives several times over the past two or three years to either replace the bulbs with lower a wattage or shade the lights so that they shine directly on their own docks without dominating the entire skyline. We have even offered to reimburse the community for the cost of doing either or both. Every request has gone completely ignored. Short of vandalism (no, we're not seriously considering it) we don't know what else to do. I understand that they have a right to protect their own property but I would think that their rights end, or at least should be curbed, where ours are so overtly intruded upon.