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Board grants lighting variances for North Ridgeville City Schools bus and maintenance center
Summary
The Board approved three variances for the North Ridgeville City Schools Transportation and Maintenance Center photometric plan — permitting angled (not full cutoff) fixtures, 30-foot pole heights, and higher average illumination in the bus parking lot — after staff said the applicant could not meet code through administrative review.
The Board of Zoning and Building Appeals unanimously approved three variances requested by North Ridgeville City Schools for exterior lighting at a new Transportation and Maintenance Center on Ranger Way.
Planning staff explained the school sought relief in three areas: (1) five pole lights intentionally tilted at a 45-degree angle and wall packs that are semi cut-off rather than full cut-off (code requires full cut-off), (2) a luminaire/pole height of 30 feet where the residential district maximum is 16 feet, and (3) an average…
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