The City of Medina has received complaints related to LED “light bands” installed around signs. Staff has also noted these appearing more commonly along building facades in other communities. The illumination of the colored bands is impacting neighboring property owners. Current city ordinances regulate light in two ways: 1) the overall footcandles of light at the property line; and 2) requiring light sources over 2000 lumens to be shielded.
These new LED lights apparently are not measured in lumens, so it is difficult to judge if they are brighter than the allowed unshielded light. It appears that watts are another common tool used by cities to regulate light, but I don’t believe this would work well for LED and older lighting styles.
Communities also appear to have adopted a 500 NITS limitation. The property owner claims to have dimmed the light to this amount, but we are still receiving complaints.
Does anyone have good regulations for this type of light, and/or experience with a 500 NIT limitation?