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Planning Commission approves St. Ignatius stadium lights with limits after marathon public hearing
Summary
After hours of testimony from alumni, students, neighbors and environmental groups, the Planning Commission approved St. Ignatius’s request for four 90‑foot stadium light standards with conditions limiting annual use, dimming times and affiliate use to address neighborhood concerns.
The Planning Commission approved a conditional use authorization on July 23 allowing St. Ignatius College Preparatory to install four 90‑foot stadium light standards at JB Murphy Field, after a marathon public hearing that included more than a hundred callers and several organized opposition groups.
What passed: The commission approved the lights with modified conditions that cap total nights with lights to 150 per year, require dimming to begin at 8:30 p.m. and full shut‑off by 9:00 p.m., and limit unaffiliated outside rentals. Commissioners also agreed that no more than 20 of the 150 permitted nights may be used by affiliates;…
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