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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Invalid #203035

Nuisance Lights:

Other: Light on south side of house facing neighboring property is completely unshielded, with lighting element completely visible causing glare and light trespass on neighboring property. It is left on all night, and illuminates neighboring property even through room darkening curtains. This is in violation of city code: (5) Glare. All lighting fixtures shall be installed so as not to cause glare at or beyond the property line and shall not be aimed toward traffic. (A) Shielding. i. All lighting fixtures, except motion detector-activated lighting, shall be fully shielded so that the lighting element is not visible to an observer at any property line, except as stated otherwise in this Section 20.04.090 (Outdoor Lighting). ii. Unless otherwise specified, all lighting fixtures shall be full cutoff type as installed. iii. A lighting fixture may beam light upward only if all upward light is reflected back down by a canopy, roof, or other such structure. Please ticket and enforce. Also full trash cans are left out all week.

Assigned to
Joy Brown

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5/29/2025
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History

5/30/2025 12:13:40 Closed by Joy Brown

Invalid and duplicate report. Planning staff re-investigated the property today and did not observe any additional lighting. All outdoor lighting on the property appears to be compliant as it meets the limits for light trespass and the lighting fixtures meet the shielding exemption for low-intensity lighting. Please contact Planning staff directly regarding further complaints about the lighting at this property as this is a misuse of City staff time to continue reporting the lighting at this property anonymously via uReport. You can contact Planning staff directly at 812-349-3423 or at planning@bloomington.in.gov.

Sent notification to Joy Brown
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=203035 Closed by Joy Brown Invalid and duplicate report. Planning staff re-investigated the property today and did not observe any additional lighting. All outdoor lighting on the property appears to be compliant as it meets the limits for light trespass and the lighting fixtures meet the shielding exemption for low-intensity lighting. Please contact Planning staff directly regarding further complaints about the lighting at this property as this is a misuse of City staff time to continue reporting the lighting at this property anonymously via uReport. You can contact Planning staff directly at 812-349-3423 or at planning@bloomington.in.gov.

5/30/2025 09:47:03 Christina Smith assigned this case to Joy Brown

Sent notification to Joy Brown
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=203035 Christina Smith assigned this case to Joy Brown You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

5/30/2025 09:45:28 Christina Smith followed up on this ticket

The Department of Public Works has no jurisdiction over light trespass issues. I will reassign it to Planning and Transportion.

Sent notification to Christina Smith
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=203035 Christina Smith followed up on this ticket The Department of Public Works has no jurisdiction over light trespass issues. I will reassign it to Planning and Transportion.

5/29/2025 18:37:18 Anonymous assigned this case to Christina Smith

Sent notification to Christina Smith
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=203035 Anonymous assigned this case to Christina Smith You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

5/29/2025 18:37:18 Opened by Anonymous

2104 E Woodstock PL

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47401
Latitude39.156463623047
Longitude-86.508140563965
TownshipPerry

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