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Holy Innocents’ homecoming lighting permit fails on 3–4 council vote

The school sought temporary football-field lights for Oct. 2. City staff said its zoning conditions barred the lighting.

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A motion to grant Holy Innocents Episcopal School a special-event permit failed 3–4 at Sandy Springs’ Sept. 15 council meeting, leaving the city’s denial in place. The school sought temporary football-field lighting for its Oct. 2, 2026, homecoming game and celebration.

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The city manager told council that the school’s conditional-use permit does not allow football-field lighting and that staff could not override council-approved zoning conditions. The school had appealed her decision to uphold the denial of application SE-26-27.

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