Outdoor lighting standards
Code changes on outdoor lighting, including holiday lighting. Holiday lighting was allowed in any month with a 10 p.m. curfew, and a follow-up exemptions ordinance allowed year-round holiday lighting.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- City Council: Outdoor lighting standards exemptions
- City Council work session: Ordinance on outdoor lighting standards exemptions, Code 15.21.040 (26-067)
- City Council: Outdoor lighting standards ordinance
- City Council work session: Outdoor lighting standards ordinance
- City Council work session: Outdoor lighting standards
In brief
Outdoor lighting standards appears on 5 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of August 11, 2026 to the City Council meeting of September 22, 2026.
On record, it was continued once and approved 2 times.
The most recent decision was approved (6-0) at the City Council meeting of September 22, 2026.
The City Council work session meeting of August 25, 2026 gave staff direction on it; that was not a vote on the application itself.
Follow the money and project delivery
Outdoor lighting standards
- Council action
Approved: Outdoor lighting standards exemptions · Agenda and reports Record → · Sept. 22, 2026
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
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Every hearing and vote
September 22, 2026 · City Council
Outdoor lighting standards exemptions
Approved · 6-0
Council Member Rachel Whipple moved to amend the ordinance (26-067) by removing the date restrictions on holiday lighting, allowing it year-round. The amendment passed, and the ordinance as amended passed on an implied motion.
September 8, 2026 · City Council work session
Ordinance on outdoor lighting standards exemptions, Code 15.21.040 (26-067)
Discussed
By consensus the council would allow holiday lighting June 15 to July 25 and in October through January and drop the 10 p.m. shut-off. It would allow permanent LED facade lighting year-round without the proposed color-temperature limit, keeping the glare restriction, and allow festoon string lighting without added regulation.
August 25, 2026 · City Council
Outdoor lighting standards ordinance
Approved · 6-0
The council passed the ordinance on outdoor lighting standards (26-049). The same evening's work meeting had amended it to allow holiday lighting in any month with a 10 p.m. curfew.
August 25, 2026 · City Council work session
Outdoor lighting standards ordinance
Approved · 7-0
Council Member Gary Garrett moved to amend the proposed code text amendment so holiday lighting would be permitted in any month of the year, with a 10 p.m. holiday light curfew. The amendment passed unanimously and the item was set for that night's council meeting.
August 11, 2026 · City Council work session
Outdoor lighting standards
Continued · 6-0
The council discussed proposed outdoor lighting standards (26-049). Council Member Becky Bogdin moved to bring the item back in two weeks to a work meeting to continue the discussion. Council Member Craig Christensen was excused.