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Committee urges pamphlet, tables lighting ordinance talk to next meeting
Summary
Committee members reviewed the adopted outdoor lighting ordinance and recommended producing a simple one‑page pamphlet and social‑media outreach to improve compliance; the group agreed to table the item to the next agenda and consider appointing a subcommittee to draft materials.
The Chair distributed the township's outdoor lighting ordinance and described it as a thorough, recently adopted regulation that the township enforces on a complaint-based system. "This township is a complaint based system," the Chair said, and recommended the committee consider creating a one-page pamphlet and social-media material to raise awareness rather than forming a deputized enforcement subcommittee.
Members discussed enforcement limits and the practical challenges of deputizing volunteers for code enforcement; the Chair said additional code-enforcement staff or multiple zoning officers would be required for proactive enforcement. The Chair offered to highlight sections of the ordinance for the committee to review and to draft a basic letter of recommendation for the board of supervisors if the committee wants to pursue strengthening or clarifying language.
The group agreed to table further discussion to the next agenda and to revisit whether to appoint a subcommittee to draft outreach materials. The motion to table was seconded during the meeting; the transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote or a final tally.
Next steps: Chair will re-circulate highlighted ordinance sections and a proposed pamphlet outline for committee review before the next meeting.
