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Residents urge council to reject Mount Vernon School stadium lights; planning commission opposed 6-0
Summary
Neighbors and community association leaders told the council the school's request to add field lighting would violate previous conditional-use limits, harm nearby homes and is unnecessary given undeveloped fields and other mitigation options.
Dozens of Sandy Springs residents told the City Council on Jan. 7 that Mount Vernon School’s proposal to install stadium lighting would harm nearby neighborhoods and conflict with promises made in prior conditional-use permits.
Kimberly Oliver, president of the Mount Vernon Woods Community Association, said the Planning Commission unanimously opposed the application 6-0 and urged council members to respect prior agreements. “The school is prohibited from lighting the field because they willingly agreed to this prohibition in numerous documents and…
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