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St. Pete Beach planning board backs ordinance to regulate event lighting, protect nesting turtles and shorebirds
Summary
The board recommended approval of Ordinance 2025-16 to let some special events during marine turtle nesting season only when transient event lighting meets long-wavelength, low-mounted and shielded standards and when a lighting plan is submitted; experts and residents urged stronger protections for nesting turtles and skimmers.
The St. Pete Beach Planning Board on Jan. 26 recommended approval of Ordinance 2025-16, a rewrite of the city's coastal lighting and wildlife protections that would allow special events during marine turtle nesting season only when transient (event) lighting is submitted as part of a special-event lighting plan and meets long-wavelength, low-mounted and shielded standards.
City staff presented the draft ordinance, saying it renames Land Development Code Division 44 to "Marine Turtle and Coastal Wildlife Protection," updates technical standards, clarifies responsibilities for new and existing development and special events, and aligns with the Florida Department of Environmental…
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