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Harpers Ferry council sends dark‑skies ordinance back to committee for rework
Summary
After a lengthy public discussion about the technical complexity and penalties in a proposed dark‑skies ordinance, the council voted 7‑0 to return the draft to the Dark Skies Committee to simplify the lighting‑plan requirements and clarify applicability and grandfathering.
Harpers Ferry town council voted unanimously March 9 to send a proposed dark‑skies ordinance back to the drafting committee for revisions focused on the lighting‑plan requirement and clarity about what projects the ordinance would affect.
Karen, who presented the draft on behalf of the Dark Skies Committee, said the only change in the latest version was adding a 25‑lumens‑per‑square‑foot figure on page two and that the ordinance is intended mainly to regulate new construction and major lighting replacements, not routine bulb changes. She said the committee also…
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