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Commission recommends citywide lighting limits: 3,000K cap, 10 p.m. sign curfew and 5-year amortization
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend City Council adopt code changes limiting exterior light color temperature to 3,000 Kelvin, requiring illuminated signs to turn off by 10 p.m. (or 1 hour after close) citywide, and lowering gas-station canopy brightness; commissioners amended a proposed 15-year phase-in to a 5‑year runway and asked for an education campaign.
Amory Ellingson, community development staff, presented Planning File CDA-000027-2026, a package of code amendments to the City of Glenwood Springs’ exterior lighting (section 7040.100) and signs (section 7040.110).
Ellingson said the proposal would add a correlated color temperature limit so that exterior fixtures may not exceed 3,000 Kelvin, a standard commonly used by dark-sky communities. He told the commission the change aims to reduce sky glow and align the city with best practices used in Breckenridge, Flagstaff, Moab and Nucla.
The staff recommendation also would make the city’s existing signage curfew — currently required only for…
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