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Board approves higher lighting standard for public and commercial pickleball courts with limits to protect dark sky and neighbors
Summary
Nags Head planning members approved a text amendment to allow higher illumination for publicly accessible (and selected commercial) pickleball courts — 30 foot‑candles for normal play, temporary increases up to 50 for approved tournaments — while adding shielding, photometric reviews, on‑demand controls, noise‑mitigation language and a 10 p.m. curfew (9 p.m. retained for Satterfield multipurpose fields).
The Nags Head Planning Board voted to advance a text amendment allowing higher lighting levels for publicly accessible pickleball courts at the sound‑side event site and similar commercial facilities, while adding requirements designed to limit light trespass and noise impacts.
Planning staff presented the amendment, submitted by Albemarle Associates on behalf of Dare County, which proposes increasing allowable illumination for publicly owned, publicly accessible pickleball courts from 15 to 30 foot‑candles during routine play, with temporary increases up to an average maintained 50 foot‑candles for approved tournaments. Staff emphasized the amendment couples higher foot‑candle…
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