Lights and Zoning

Jefferson County Planning and Zoning outdoor light regulations are here.  Interesting that they appear to have been tightened as this is apparently older.

My Word document from June 3 and 4, 2010 is entitled Planning and Zoning.doc.

“Luminaires and their supporting structure shall be wholly confined to the property.”

There is no way a proper inspection was made.

1. The light were not turned on (no one was home) so the illumination was not measured.
2. The lights are not shielded.
3. The bulbs are higher lumen than allowed.
4. There are some six or eight of them–more than allowed and/or collectively brighter than allowed.
5. No inspection was made during darkness so property confinement–my complaint–was not assessed.
6. side note:  different, still prohibited lights were installed last year or the year before during construction (prohibited lights allowed with permits and inspections?).

Hello,

I’d like to know how to go about 1) protesting an “enforcement problem” and 2) obtaining a letter Mike Chadwick sent to the sheriff’s department.

I have a long-continuing problem with a neighbor shining lights in my home and on my property.  In May 2010 I filed a complaint about the outdoor lights.  Issues relating to the inspection include:

1. The light were not turned on (no one was home) so the illumination was not measured.
2. The lights are not shielded.
3. The bulbs are higher lumen than allowed.
4. There are some six or eight of them–more than allowed and/or collectively brighter than allowed.
5. No inspection was made during darkness so property confinement–my complaint–was not assessed.
6. side note:  different, still prohibited lights were installed last year or the year before during construction (prohibited lights allowed with permits and inspections?).

Somewhere in the overall process Mike Chadwick sent a letter to the sheriff’s department seemingly saying the outdoor lights are not in violation.  I was not sent a copy nor have I seen any explanation for the lack of a violation.  I have asked for this letter several times.  At the time of the “inspection” I called the inspector and he hung up on me.

I am therefore requesting a copy of that letter and asking how and to whom I can protest this failure to enforce the Zoning Resolution.

The offending address is 30570 Chestnut Drive, Evergreen, 80439.

Thank you,

Peter Pfeiffer
phone number

sent here 8:15 AM Monday