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Council adopts residential outdoor‑lighting ordinance after neighbors testify about alleged harassment
Summary
Following testimony from neighbors who said high‑intensity beams and cameras were aimed at their home, the council approved Ordinance 2026‑13 adding an enforceable light‑trespass definition and complaint‑driven enforcement with a 10‑day remedy period for violations.
Rosenberg City Council approved a new residential outdoor‑lighting ordinance (Ordinance No. 2026‑13) that adds objective enforcement language for light trespass after residents reported targeted, high‑intensity beams and surveillance lighting directed at their property.
At the dais staff advised that the ordinance packet distributed to council last week omitted an enforcement section; a corrected copy at the dais added section 14‑1‑96, which makes enforcement complaint‑based, allows investigation of observable conditions (including light direction and intensity), directs notice to property…
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