Beachcraft Drive Street Lighting

At a glance

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What: residents of the Mebane Town Center townhome community on Beachcraft Drive say phases 2-4 lack adequate street lighting.
Where it stands: raised in public comment on 2026-10-20; the mayor said staff would look at it again. No vote.
Next: a staff re-review; any change would come back to council.

Staff cited a 500-foot city street light standard, but residents say they were never shown a document adopting it.
They say the UDO (section 4-7-3) calls for lights no more than about 300-350 feet apart for townhome, multifamily and manufactured home areas, preferably 30-50 feet for pedestrian-scale lighting, and that other North Carolina towns and the developer's other communities use about 200-300 feet.
Staff's proposed plan adds only six lights across phases 2-4 (some more than 500 feet apart); residents say the plan submitted for the development showed 27.
Reported crime (a shooting, a break-in, vandalism) and no lighting at the mailboxes. The developer is captioned "Keystone".

2026-10-20 - City Council - Lynn Boyd and Colleen Maher spoke in public comment (about 6:48-13:21); the mayor said staff would review again.