uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Duplicate #212195

Nuisance Lights:

Other: This is the 2nd time I’m reaching out about a nuisance light. I reached out on 06/16/26 about a nuisance light on the neighboring houses property. That case number is #211729. The case still just says open. The house is currently vacant. There is a private light pole on the property that is so bright it illuminates my backyard plus my bedroom windows. Because of this I I am having a lot of difficulty sleeping. I don’t mean to sound like that person but I am a first responder that spends a lot of time awake through the night so when I’m at home, my sleep is very important to me. Also because of this light, my family and I are no longer able to sit out on our back porch in the evenings due to being blinded by this light. I did send one image and my first complaint. It shows where the light is in comparison to my back yard. I will send another picture with this complaint. The picture with this complaint is my face illuminated from the light as I sit on my back porch in the evening. If need be I have many more pictures I would be glad to send. Can something please be done about this? The address the light pole sits on is 913 W. Gourley Pike Bloomington, IN 47404. My address is the house next door which is 917 W. Gourley Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404. Thank you

Assigned to
Joy Brown

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7/7/2026 13:32:05 Closed by Joy Brown

As stated in the report, this is a duplicate of uReport #211729. Planning staff have received this report and it is on our investigation list. Please note that our enforcement process takes some time as we cannot just issue tickets for violations. It involves investigating the complaint and issuing a Notice of Violation (NOV) Warning letter to the property owner/representative. Compliance timelines for violations are two weeks from the date the letter is issued. If we do not receive a response and the violation is not corrected, we reinvestigate after that 2 week deadline and escalate enforcement to a regular Notice of Violation letter with fine deadlines for violations. If the violation still persists, a Notice of Violation and Fines letter is issued. We have a team of two enforcement people for the entire City and respond to complaints in order of severity and date received. I understand this is a very frustrating issue for you. We will do our best to address this issue as soon as possible. Please note that we do not typically enter private property without permission and investigate complaints from the adjacent road/alleyways. If the light is not visible from the street, it can make it more difficult for us to address these types of issues. If you are willing to allow Planning staff to enter your property to get photos of this light, please give us a call at 812-349-3423 or email us at [email protected] and we can coordinate a time for a site visit.

Sent notification to Joy Brown, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=212195 Closed by Joy Brown As stated in the report, this is a duplicate of uReport #211729. Planning staff have received this report and it is on our investigation list. Please note that our enforcement process takes some time as we cannot just issue tickets for violations. It involves investigating the complaint and issuing a Notice of Violation (NOV) Warning letter to the property owner/representative. Compliance timelines for violations are two weeks from the date the letter is issued. If we do not receive a response and the violation is not corrected, we reinvestigate after that 2 week deadline and escalate enforcement to a regular Notice of Violation letter with fine deadlines for violations. If the violation still persists, a Notice of Violation and Fines letter is issued. We have a team of two enforcement people for the entire City and respond to complaints in order of severity and date received. I understand this is a very frustrating issue for you. We will do our best to address this issue as soon as possible. Please note that we do not typically enter private property without permission and investigate complaints from the adjacent road/alleyways. If the light is not visible from the street, it can make it more difficult for us to address these types of issues. If you are willing to allow Planning staff to enter your property to get photos of this light, please give us a call at 812-349-3423 or email us at [email protected] and we can coordinate a time for a site visit.

7/7/2026 11:20:02 Christina Smith assigned this case to Joy Brown

Sent notification to Joy Brown, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=212195 Christina Smith assigned this case to Joy Brown You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/7/2026 11:16:42 Christina Smith commented on this case.

Lighting trespass issues from private property is under the jurisdiction of Planning & Transportation Department. I have reassigned this uReport to that department.

Sent notification to Christina Smith, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=212195 Christina Smith commented on this case. Lighting trespass issues from private property is under the jurisdiction of Planning & Transportation Department. I have reassigned this uReport to that department.

7/7/2026 10:24:29 Anonymous assigned this case to Christina Smith

Sent notification to Christina Smith, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=212195 Anonymous assigned this case to Christina Smith You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/7/2026 10:24:29 Opened by Anonymous

917 W Gourley Pike

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47404
Latitude39.186210632324
Longitude-86.544731140137
TownshipBloomington

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