recreation & sports facilities

A school district leased its field to a baseball team which played night games, shining beacon lights into the windows of the neighboring resident, which disturbed his sleep.

Plaintiff church (Prince of Peace) leased part of its land to defendant Solar Socceer Club (Solar) to build soccer fields on Prince of Peace's undeveloped property. In the contract, the parties agreed Solar would use the fields primarily on evenings and weekends, while Prince of Peace would use the fields during the school day for the students in its school. Prince of Peace filed suit against Solar for breach of contract with regard to four provisions, including whether use of the field lights "exceeded the City of Carrollton's standards for light trespass and glare, by as much as six to twelve times the maximum in some locations."

Plaintiff private school filed an application for a special permit with the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Trumball (Commission) for the installation of four light poles, seventy feet in height, to illuminate the school’s primary athletic field. The Comission denied the special permit after considering concerns from resident neighbors of the private school that allowing the lights would adversely affect the "use and enjoyment" of their properties.

Plaintiff Minnesota Vikings Football Stadium, LLC brought suit against defendant Wells Fargo Bank for breach of contract after Wells Fargo began installing mounted illuminated roof top signs on its office towers located next to the Stadium. The contract between parties had allowed rooftop signs for Wells Fargo, but did not state that the signs could be illuminated. Plaintiff alleged defendant's illuminated signs "adversely affected the Stadium's image" and sought a permanent injunction requiring defendant to remove the mounted illuminated signs and prohibiting them from installing other mounted illuminated signs.

Outdoor lighting system for sporting fields in a park owned by City of Lee's Summit created extreme level of light pollution that interfered with adjacent residential use and enjoyment of property.