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Committee presses for warmer, dimmer LEDs on Torrington sign after neighborhood glare concern
Summary
Committee members pushed the applicant to replace 6,500K LED specs with warmer options and cited a recently adopted 3,000K cap; the committee approved the sign with a stricter 2,000K condition and asked for a new cut sheet.
Committee members focused discussion on the sign’s illumination, pressing the applicant to change the originally specified 6,500K LED modules to a warmer, lower‑Kelvin option.
Kelly of Rightway Signs explained the proposed channel letters would be internally lit and noted the modules were “87 lumens per module” and specified at “6,500 K.” The Chair reminded the group that the committee recently adopted a 3,000K cap for new lighting and asked the applicant to supply alternate LEDs that comply with a lower limit.
A committee member described the problem with very high‑Kelvin lighting at other businesses, saying that the lights at one site near Pinewoods “seems like Yankee Stadium” for early‑morning residents and argued a warmer spectrum is easier to read and less glaring. In response, the committee conditioned its approval on LEDs not exceeding 2,000K for this installation.
The applicant agreed to look for lower‑Kelvin modules and to upload a revised cut sheet; the vendor order had not been placed at the time of the meeting.
