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Planning board approves Walmart lighting variances to brighten EV and pickup areas
Summary
The Pembroke Pines Planning & Zoning Board approved two variances for the Walmart at 12800 Pines Boulevard to allow higher peak parking-lot brightness (up to 15.8 foot-candles) and a warmer color temperature (5,000 K) limited to EV and online pickup areas to match existing lighting and improve safety.
Wesley Hevia, outside counsel for Walmart, told the Pembroke Pines Planning & Zoning Board on Feb. 12 that the company seeks two narrow variances to adjust lighting around its 12800 Pines Boulevard store. He said the requests apply only to two activated areas — online pickup/delivery spaces and electric-vehicle charging stations — and are intended to match existing bright-white lighting and improve safety for customers and staff.
Hevia described the technical change, saying, "For the foot candles, we're…
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