Village Asks for Your Feedback on LED Streetlights and Solar Panels

This week, the Village is looking for your thoughts on LED streetlights and the presence of solar panels atop village homes.

First – the LED streetlights:

The Village LED Streetlight Pilot Program is underway with pilot LED streetlights installed in a number of locations throughout the Village. Pilot lights are installed on sections of White Plains (Post) Road, Heathcote Road, Mamaroneck Road, Tisdale Road. Two additional lights will be installed on Springdale Road later in July. Specific locations can be found on the maps below.

Village Managers want to know what residents think about the lights. Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] or drop off comments at Village Hall at the LED comment box located on the first floor counter.

This phase of the Pilot will continue for the next three months. Subject to the results of this phase of the Pilot, the following streets are being considered for an upgrade to LED streetlights: White Plains (Post) Road, Heathcote Road (Post Road to Five Corners), Mamaroneck Road and Weaver Street (note: some lights on Weaver Street have already been converted to LEDs - these lights are owned and were converted to LEDs by the City of New Rochelle).

In addition to these streets, locations with Town & Country Style post-top fixtures (see attached picture) are also being considered for an LED upgrade. These locations include parts of the Crane Berkeley and Secor Farms areas as well as a few other streets throughout the Village.

Solar Panels Facing the Street

The Board of Architectural Review has turned down several applications to install solar panels on the street-facing side of homes. In response, the Village's Board of Trustees requested that the Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) look into a formal policy regarding this and other solar installation considerations.

Since street-facing panels are an aesthetic question and the CAC is seeking community input. They have created a very short survey that asks, among other question 'Should solar panels be installed on the street facing side of homes?' CAC Chair Lee Fischman has asked around on his own. Says Mr. Fischman, "I've heard some folks say no way, they're ugly, while others say a homeowner should be able to put anything on the front of his or her house. There's certainly no quorum as yet."

The CAC survey can be accessed here: 

The CAC is also researching best practices to make applications easier and in the process has found several useful and interesting resources; these are assembled on the "Solar Central" section of the CAC's ever-expanding web page on Scarsdale.com.