Land Use Ordinance Amendments (LRP2025-00012)
Summary
New rules tighten outdoor lighting standards, extend neighbor noticing to 1,000 feet for rural projects and energy storage facilities, require a majority public vote for onshore support of offshore oil operations, and open coastal-zone school district housing. A broader review of noticing requirements was deferred.
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Last discussed Mar 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Noticing radius expansion could raise application costs for rural project applicants.
Rural residents and neighbors who get more notice of nearby projects, and communities seeking darker skies and oil-operations accountability.
Rural land-use applicants who will face larger noticing radii and potentially higher costs.
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