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Council restricts residential sports-court lighting to daylight hours after neighbor complaints
Summary
After residents cited 25-foot lights and late-night play, the council voted to prohibit recreational sports-court lighting in residential areas after dusk and asked staff to draft LDR language defining courts and permitted lighting.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Following multiple complaints about a tall sports-court light and late-night noise in a residential neighborhood, the Punta Gorda City Council voted Feb. 25 to prohibit recreational residential sports-court lighting after dusk, with an immediate effective date while staff drafts fuller land-development language.
Background: Zoning staff explained that the code does not specifically regulate residential sports courts and that existing lighting standards are…
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