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Board advances minor land‑use amendments: tighter outdoor‑lighting rules and larger notice radius for rural projects
Summary
Supervisors approved a minor ordinance package that tightens outdoor lighting definitions (adds LEDs, removes a shielding exemption) and increases the noticing radius from 300 to 1,000 feet for energy storage projects and other projects outside urban and reserve lines; the board discussed but did not expand the larger notice universally.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved forward a set of minor amendments to the inland and coastal land‑use ordinances that adjust outdoor lighting standards and expand public notice for certain rural land‑use permits.
Planning staff proposed four related changes: eliminate an existing shielding exception for incandescent lamps up to 150 watts and add light‑emitting diodes (LEDs) to the definition of light sources in Titles 22 and 23; increase the noticing radius from 300 to 1,000 feet…
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