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Southwest Ranches adopts tighter outdoor‑lighting rules, approves maintenance budget and advances sign and assembly code changes
Summary
The Town Council approved an amended outdoor‑lighting ordinance on final reading (including a change setting motion‑sensor lights to a two‑minute default), authorized $85,000 in budget amendments for road and street‑sign maintenance, and passed first‑reading amendments on noncommercial signage and indoor/outdoor assembly rules.
The Town of Southwest Ranches on Wednesday adopted revised outdoor‑lighting rules intended to strengthen the town's dark‑sky protections while easing a proposed restriction on motion‑activated lights.
At second reading, council members voted unanimously to adopt changes to article 95 of the town—ode that adjust definitions, lighting‑intensity standards and prohibited practices. Mayor Brightcrest said the changes are aimed at keeping the town "more in line with the dark‑sky ordinance" and protecting residents’ night skies. The council amended a previously proposed one‑minute motion‑sensor cutoff to two minutes after members and residents raised safety and practicality concerns; the amended motion was put and…
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