Re: Lighting standards

["SMW Scripter [AKA MoscowSam]" <MoscowSam@moscow.com>]

Thank you, Mike Curley, for shedding so much light on this
challenging issue.

Sam Scripter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mike Curley <curley@CYPHER.TURBONET.COM>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:36 AM
Subject: Lighting standards


> Sam and other Visionaries:  
> 
> Aside from the question of whether the park needs some additional lighting, 
> several of you have weighed in on the desire for "dark skies."  Sam asked:
> 
> <What about it, City staff members, Council Persons and the
> >Mayor?  Do you read this list?
> <How about informing us of the parameters controlling lighting
> <in Moscow's business districts, residential neighborhoods and
> <parks? Sam Scripter MoscowSam@moscow.com
> 
> I will defer to Dale Pernula or Joel Plaskon for specific lighting codes in 
> various districts of the city, but I believe the basic answer is that we do not 
> have a controlling ordinance (except for electrical standards).  
> That is the reason that the Planning and Zoning Commission is reviewing the 
> lighting issue this year, and why it has appointed a sub-committee to examine 
> how best to approach the issue.  

(Big snip, by Sam ...)