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Resident urges Smyrna to address light, noise and security fencing from nearby industrial site on Lake Farm Road
Summary
A Smyrna resident told the Board of Zoning Appeals the neighborhood near Lake Farm Road is suffering from light pollution, noise and proposed security fencing tied to a logistics property; she urged the town to require abatement and compliance with state and local rules.
During public comment at the March 2026 Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, Pat Sy, a resident of 509 Lake Farm Road, urged the town to require a nearby logistics/industrial property to reduce light and noise impacts and to avoid a prison-like security fence.
"It's like sitting in the middle of the football field at Smyrna High on a Friday night during football season," Pat Sy said, describing light pollution that allows her to "literally go into your front yard and read the newspaper." She said the company cleared vegetation recently and that neighbors were told the area might be used as overflow truck parking. She added that the company previously acquired property across the street because of noise levels and that the neighborhood had to call the city or county repeatedly to address tall grass and blight.
Sy asked the town to require lighting abatement to meet state and local regulations, to require decorative noise baffling outside proposed security fencing, and to respect nearby homeowners by limiting visible security measures and intrusive lighting. The transcript records no formal staff response or board action on the Lake Farm Road concerns during the meeting; the comment was taken under the public-comment rules and the meeting moved on to other business.
