open #213095
Nuisance Lights
4270 W 3rd ST
- Case Date:
- 8/14/2026
In the early morning, the light is constantly turning red westbound even when there is no traffic in other directions. It will turn green shortly but then quickly turn red.
In the early morning, the light is constantly turning red westbound even when there is no traffic in other directions. It will turn green shortly but then quickly turn red.
Porch light is bright, piercing bulb that casts shadows through the windows of neighboring properties. Tenants (who change most years) tend to leave it on for days/weeks at a time. The fixture is unshielded glass and the bulb sits below that fixture anyway.
The lights for the cars going east and west do not turn green at the same time, the one for cars going west turns green first. Since the cars turning onto College do not have a green arrow, they are waiting for the cars going east to drive first, but those cars don't have a green light yet. I've been honked at and waved at several times from the west cars waiting to turn onto College, but I don't have a green light to go. Please make the lights turn green at the same time, or give the cars going onto College a green arrow.
Extremely bright light with exposed and unguarded element left on 24/7. Illuminates rooms in neighboring homes at night.
The light cycle seems to have changed from sensing to timed and there isn't as much traffic going out of Deborah Drive to need that length of a light cycle. Also the two lane heading east on Tapp to serve as a flow for people turning into the offices down in Deborah Drive is being more heavily abused to serve as a fast pass of the line of traffic and risky merging than it was previously before the light cycle changed.
Stop light at Landmark and 3rd took more than 8 minutes to change green from the Landmark side and then was green only long enough to let two cars through. Second time this week. Cars were turning around and some entering intersection without the green light. A hazard. Our options to get into town are limited these days between closures and construction on both 2nd and 3rd street.
Except for maybe two (entrance and leasing office), all of the street lights in Oakdale Square Apartments have been non-functional since April. This is a violation of Unified Development Ordinance, Section 21.301.07. Failure to maintain street lighting poses a safety risk to residents and pedestrian and increases the risk of property crimes.
The stoplight on Walnut at the intersection of South Drive is red for 41 seconds… There are never any cars on South Drive… There's absolutely no reason for this light to be red for that long
The light was (for the last 20 years or so) using sensors in the pavement to trigger the light and only worked when traffic needed it. Now, it is only timed and not dependent on traffic, so Walnut backs up both ways for no reason- not a car in sight from the school or the old Kia dealership.
The light cycle that lets outlet traffic from Deborah Drive appears to take longer and is timed. This change is not necessary as there is not enough traffic compared to Tapp Road to justify that length of a light cycle. Also if the city should ever consider it that merge lane when heading east on Tapp road should either become a two lane all down Tapp to accommodate for traffic flow to pass around left turners into The Mill OR be gone entirely. It just permits risky drivers to go into the right lane at this intersection knowing full well there is a line of cars waiting at the light cycle and that the lane merge is right after the light and they choose to "race" traffic and cut in when it is unnecessary. Even if one would argue a zipper merge there are times when it is necessary and in a populated neighborhood area it is not.