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Dark sky lighting across Maine

What this decidesWhat outdoor lighting a site may install, and whether existing fixtures will have to be replaced.

Outdoor lighting standards limiting glare and light trespass: fixture and shielding requirements, curfews, and the ordinances adopting them.Our definition of the class.

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11
towns on the record
14
events on the record
1
in the last 90 days

What this page is for one topic across Maine's municipalities on the public record: where it is moving, which towns carry it, the documents behind it. A subscriber sees it cut to their own towns and questions. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Source documents 3 of 11 on this page link straight to the town's own record. The rest are available on request. Ask for access.

Where it is on the record11 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-09-07: events in the last 90 days against the 90 before, the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number, the latest document.
Rockport3 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-09-05, 2026.07.23 PB Minutes FINAL
Gorham1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Ordinance Committee Meeting Agenda
Cumberland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-06, Agenda center file Lands & Conservation Commission
Kennebunk2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter minutes
Rockland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-22, Agenda center file 1/7/2026 Energy and Sustainabil
Bangor1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-16, Penjajawoc Marsh/Bangor Mall Management Commission
Bowdoinham1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2025-11-20, 11-20-25 PB Minutes Draft
Brunswick1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-09-06, 26_015_SRC_Addendum.pdf
Lewiston1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-12, 02/12/2026 - Staff Review Committee Meeting
Saco1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-25, Pepperell Park minutes for November 2025.pdf
York1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter minutes

Who this typically touches

Business types a matter in this class typically reaches. Our inference from the class, not the record's words; a specific organization is named on these pages only when the record itself names it.

Likely to gain: lighting manufacturers and electrical contractors (shielding and curfew rules drive fixture replacement).

Likely affected: developers of parking, athletic and commercial sites (lighting standards are applied at site plan review).

Worth watching: observatories and dark-sky advocates (designation depends on the ordinance being adopted and enforced).

One scope up

The same class at a wider scope: Dark sky lighting in Maine · Dark sky lighting in New Hampshire · Dark sky lighting in Massachusetts · Dark sky lighting across the country.

Counts and dates are taken from the documents on the record in this window. The class and its definition are ours.