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Planning commission debates sign-lighting limits, questions enforcement costs
Summary
Commissioners discussed numeric lighting limits for a proposed sign ordinance (previously cited as 250 lumens at night and 5,000 during the day) and considered new limits of 150 lumens in town and 100 outside town; members weighed buying a meter for enforcement and whether regulation should follow sunrise/sunset or business hours.
The Red Lion Borough Planning Commission discussed revisions to the signs ordinance, focusing on lighting limits and enforcement.
Minutes record that prior guidance noted 250 lumens at night and 5,000 during the day as permissible. Commissioners considered adopting new maximums of 150 lumens within the town area and 100 lumens outside the immediate town. Discussion centered on technical enforcement: whether the borough should buy a light meter to measure sign brightness or rely on nuisance complaints for enforcement. Commissioner Cindy Barley questioned the utility of a meter, asking, "Is the juice worth the squeeze."
Borough counsel recommended defining hours in the ordinance — for example, using sunrise to sunset or business open-to-close times — to provide an enforceable standard. The commission did not adopt a final ordinance at the meeting and recessed to continue discussion at a later session.
