We are trying to protect ourselves and our customers, but we are getting conflicting regulations. Steve Risley, city building and safety services manager in Fresno, says the city's minimum lighting requirement for walkways and pathways does apply to shopping center parking lots. He hopes the state and county will keep that in mind as they develop a plan to implement the governor's order. But I have heard several business who are expressing concern about what the impact will be. Lots of issues will be taken into account, but our major concern is for community safety.
Some businesses move well ahead of the state command.
Signature Theatres in Manchester Center shines in dazzling color to motorists along Freeway 41, but company president Phil Harris said from Oakland that the chain's 23 movie houses in California already cut back on lighting and other energy. We already reacted at all of our theaters, although it may not be apparent. We push until the last minute when we do turn on the lights, and we shut off the exterior neon once the last show begins. We also monitor when we turn on internal lights instead of having them go on automatically. Theater projectors use between 2,000 and 4,000 watts, he said, and Signature has cut out idling time.