Bright lights, big city: Madison upholds HPC ruling on garage lights

MORGAN COUNTY

  • The carriage lights adorning each end of Madison resident Cynthia Huger's garage seem to have revealed a grey area for the city regarding the local Historic Preservation Commission's ruling decisions.
    The carriage lights adorning each end of Madison resident Cynthia Huger's garage seem to have revealed a grey area for the city regarding the local Historic Preservation Commission's ruling decisions.
A squabble over the size of garage lights at a residence inside Madison’s downtown historic district resulted in the first appeal of a ruling by Madison’s Historic Preservation Commission in seven years. But the city council’s Nov. 13 decision to once again uphold the HPC ruling may not be the end of the matter. The dispute began when Cynthia Huger installed carriage-style lights on the…

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