{"id":215267,"date":"2026-02-13T07:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=215267"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:58:22","slug":"lob-council-asks-staff-to-review-dark-sky-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lob-council-asks-staff-to-review-dark-sky-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"LOB Council asks staff to review dark sky policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the February 10 meeting of Lake of Bays Council, two councillors &#8211; Nancy Tapley and Jacqueline Goddard- asked that the Township&#8217;s dark sky bylaw be updated.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tapley noted that Huntsville recently revised its dark sky policy, which she described as &#8220;quite good,&#8221; and suggested that Lake of Bays do the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the municiplities share many lakes in common, like Lake of Bays, Peninsula Lake and Menominee Lake, and should be on the same page when it comes to protecting the night sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our policy is old and should be updated and we suggest things like turn off your festive lighting between 11 p.m. and sunrise and landscape lighting as well because our lakes are getting brighter and brighter with these unecessary lights,&#8221; said Tapley. She also suggested the policy be updated to include directio on wattage and the use of amber rather than blue or white lights. She said the use of timers should be included, limit the number of fixtures you can have on places like a boathouse, &#8220;and use motion sensors for pathways, things like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tapley also spoke of residential lighting for sports courts by the water&#8217;s edge. &#8220;When they don&#8217;t want to play, lights should be off,&#8221; she said, adding that residents could take maybe five years to replace all of the old fixtures with downward lighting &#8220;because a lot of the older places have fixtures that while they may aim down, they aim in such a way that they hit the lake and reflect. We have to educate the public on the importance of dark skies and prohibit reflective traspass lighting, both for the neighbours and for the lake. So that&#8217;s what we would like to see reviewed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taeke Peereboom, Township Director of Building &amp; By-law Services, told council the bylaw was already scheduled to be reviewed next year. He said staff are currently working on renewing the property standards bylaw, the clean yards bylaw, the vendor&#8217;s permit for refreshment vehicles, the pool fence bylaw as well as the littering bylaw. &#8220;But if council would prefer, we could put some of those on the back burners and focus on the dark skies bylaw.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tapley said she would like that and added that there aren&#8217;t many pools around. &#8220;We could put that on the back burner&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, council asked the director to review the Township&#8217;s lightig policy and bylaw and bring an updated bylaw for consideration to a future council meeting.  <\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the February 10 meeting of Lake of Bays Council, two councillors &#8211; Nancy Tapley and Jacqueline Goddard- asked that the Township&#8217;s dark sky bylaw be updated. 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