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TREASURE ISLAND — The city has strengthened its coastal lighting standards to protect sea turtle hatchlings, by specifically going after the violator rather than just the property owner. During a Feb. 16 City Commission meeting, City Manager Garry Brumback said the city worked rapidly to take action “that would enforce lighting standards and protect turtles.” At an earlier workshop, Assistant Public Works Director Stacy Boyles told commissioners that over the past two years the city has had a high number of marine turtle disorientations, “and a lot of it is due to artificial lighting that can be seen from our beach.” She advised the city will strengthen its ordinance though heightened and pinpointed enforcement of regulations that restrict artificial lighting from reaching the beach during nesting season.

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