Outdoor Lighting Law Has People Upset in Lancaster, New York

The Town of Lancaster, New York is going to be holding a public hearing on Monday night at the Lancaster Town Hall to go over the newly proposed law earlier this month about outdoor lighting.

The new proposal is trying to establish an outdoor light law in Lancaster. While reading over the law it seems like people were being bothered or disrupted in their sleep because of neighbors outdoor lighting. Most of the bullet points and rules of the proposed law from the town of Lancaster mentioned lighting that could potentially disturb or keep people from sleeping. You can read the law below that is being proposed and what time the lights would need to be turned off and distances from neighbors with lights.

The updated lighting code for the Town of Lancaster will be discussed at Town Hall in Lancaster, New York Monday night at 7:05 PM.

Other towns across New York State have dealt with a similar situation and the past couple of months as well but a lot of Lancaster residents upon seeing the notice for the meeting Monday night had a lot to say on social media as you can imagine.

Lancaster Town Hall

21 Central Ave.

Lancaster, New York 14086

According the Lancaster Town Website:

§ 1. General restrictions. No person, corporation, partnership or association of persons shall use or operate or permit to be used or operated on their premises artificial lighting or illumination which unreasonably disturbs the sleep, comfort and repose of other residents or inhabitants in the vicinity, either by reason of the power or intensity or the location of said artificial lighting or illumination.

§ 2. Restrictions during certain hours. A. The illumination and lighting of such premises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. with more lighting and illumination than is reasonably necessary and proper for the safeguarding and protection of persons and property upon such premises shall be presumed to be lighting and illumination of such power and intensity as to annoy or disturb unreasonably the sleep, comfort and repose of the persons residing in the vicinity and shall be presumptive evidence of a violation of this section. B. Property Line Limits. Maximum illumination at residential property lines shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle, and at nonresidential property lines shall not exceed 1.0 footcandle.