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City agencies and neighbors disagree over proposed rule to allow 90-foot lights at District recreation fields without BZA review
Summary
OP proposed clarifying zoning treatment of field lighting so District-owned school and recreation fields could use light standards up to 90 feet without the current 1:1 setback in certain zones.
The Office of Planning proposed a zoning-text change to explicitly address light standards for District-owned recreation fields and public school athletic facilities. Under OP's draft, light poles serving District recreation and school fields in the R, RF and RA zones could reach up to 90 feet without the existing 1-to-1 setback from the property line.
Meredith Moldenhauer, counsel for the Department of General Services (intervener in a pending BZA appeal), urged the commission to retain the longstanding practice that has…
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