Saint Ignatius Neighborhood Assn. v. City and County of S.F. CA1/4

Background The school is located at 2001 37th Avenue in the city’s “Outer Sunset District.” The school’s athletic stadium is located at the southwest corner of the campus, with frontage on 39th Avenue and Rivera Street. The stadium has a seating capacity of 2,008 persons. Surrounding the stadium, including west across 39th Avenue and south across Rivera Street, are two-story, mostly single-family homes. In February 2018, the school submitted an application for approval of the addition of four permanent 90-foot tall outdoor light standards to its athletic field to enable nighttime use of the stadium.2 In June 2020, the city’s planning department determined that the project is categorically exempt from review under CEQA. In July, the planning commission approved a conditional use authorization for the project with several conditions on use of the lights. The planning commission required, among other things, that the lights be used no more than 150 nights per year, generally dimmed no later than 8:30 p.m. and turned off no later than 9:00 p.m., used for larger events until 10:00 p.m. no more than 20 evenings per year, and not be used by groups unaffiliated with the school. The…