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Neighbors press commission over residential light trespass; staff signals narrower enforcement scope
Summary
Residents at 26 Lawton Street raised repeated complaints about light trespass from a nearby property. Staff told the commission the zoning office has been issuing letters based on commercial light standards but plans to stop expanded residential enforcement and direct neighbors to civil remedies in many cases.
Brent and Mary Hawkins told the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 25 they are continuing to suffer light trespass at their home at 26 Lawton Street and asked the commission to enforce a zoning provision they cited. The couple said they had received letters from planning staff instructing the neighbor to shield lighting and to avoid dusk-to-dawn operation, but that the problem persisted.
Assistant city planner Nate Nardice Cyrus and other staff explained at the meeting that the city’s lighting standards historically apply to…
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