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Defending Sea Turtle Lighting Code Enforcement Actions

12.16.2019
Kathleen “Katie” O. Berkey, AICP

Have you or your community association been faced with code enforcement violations related to sea turtle lighting? Even the best intentioned can be faced with such an issue in a coastal community. Kathleen O. Berkey, B.C.S., AICP, a Becker land use and community association attorney and certified land planner who […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Local Government, Land Use & Zoning

Shedding Light on Sea Turtle Lighting

12.06.2019
Kathleen “Katie” O. Berkey, AICP

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and coastal local governments regulate what lighting is permitted to avoid and minimize the impacts to sea turtles, but why is artificial coastal lighting a problem? In the southeastern United States, sea turtle hatchlings begin to hatch throughout the months of June […]

Areas of Focus: Condo, Co-Op & HOA, Land Use & Zoning, Local Government