Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Parks Recreation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Brentwood Academy seeks approval for baseball-field lighting and dugout locker-room; neighbors raised timing and parking concerns
Summary
Brentwood Academy requested permission to add lights (limited to 3 foot-candles at property lines) to a baseball field and to build a 598-square-foot locker-room addition; staff said most adjacent homeowners were contacted and one opposed; commissioners sought limits on hours, game frequency and enforcement on parking.
Brentwood Academy asked the planning commission for approval to add lighting to a campus baseball field and to construct a locker-room addition to the home dugout at 219 Granny White Pike. The application states the design will limit illumination to no more than 3 foot-candles at adjacent property lines, will use fully shielded fixtures and will operate from a secured control cabinet rather than a timer.
The proposal includes a 598-square-foot locker-room addition to the existing 498-square-foot home dugout, painting both dugouts the school color and adding signage. Planning staff said they had contacted adjacent homeowners; according to staff, all but one homeowner expressed no objection, and the lone objector is a former Brentwood Academy parent.
Commissioners and other speakers pressed the applicant and staff about hours of operation, frequency of games and parking enforcement. Staff described the primary use as practice-oriented during the baseball season (February through April) and said the lights would be intended to allow three teams to practice sequentially, with occasional Friday-night home games that would start about 6:00 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Staff said the school would match any timing agreements the city has with other local schools, and that fireworks are not part of the lighting/dugout application.
Concerns were raised about on-street parking on Hiley Road and guests walking onto campus during events. Staff said campus access is locked for vehicles but that pedestrians can walk onto the site; signs restrict parking along Hiley Road. The applicant said they do not expect large spectator events comparable to football and estimated fewer than 10 games during the season; staff and commissioners discussed prior city conversation about field use, fireworks and timing but said the fire marshal controls fireworks permits.
No formal vote or final action on the application was recorded in the meeting transcript.
