Residents raise concerns about athletic-field lights, noise and enforcement; staff outlines enforcement options
November 06, 2025 | Brentwood, Williamson County, Tennessee
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Staff told commissioners that enforcement depends on whether any specific lights-off time or gate-closing requirement was included as a formal condition of the facility's zoning or site-approval documents. If such a requirement appears in the approved conditions, code enforcement can pursue compliance; if commitments were verbal at a public meeting but not formalized in approval conditions, the city's recourse is to respond to noise or nuisance complaints under the municipal code (police can measure decibel levels and enforce if the measured level exceeds the ordinance threshold).
Staff also noted that if landscaping or required buffering was included in the original approval and those plantings were not maintained, the city could review the approved plan and require replacement when the condition remains in the recorded approval documentation.
Several commissioners and residents framed the concern as both a light-pollution and a noise problem, with staff reminding the body that lighting that complies with the applicable foot-candle or setbacks in the approval is distinct from after-hours noise complaints that might trigger police enforcement under the noise ordinance. Staff said they would check the original approval documents and report back on any enforceable conditions.
No enforcement action was recorded at the meeting; staff outlined next steps to review approval conditions and pursue code or noise-enforcement pathways if violations are documented.
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