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Council debates dark‑skies policy after slide shows McDowell road is exempted; staff directed to study ordinance
Summary
Transportation staff said a 2017 change to the city's dark‑skies language made McDowell Road part of the protected area, meaning street lights are not required along the McDowell frontage for the new Carmelo development; council members asked staff to study modifications to the dark‑skies ordinance and return with analysis.
Mesa council members and transportation staff debated whether the city’s dark‑skies policy should continue to exempt McDowell Road from street lighting after a new slide in a development presentation showed the roadway is now included in the ordinance.
Eric Cadarian, Assistant Transportation Director, told the council the current ordinance — as amended in 2017 — includes McDowell Road within the dark‑skies area by parenthetical language and that, because that section of McDowell is a county road, the…
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