The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-24

The Otncl0k Qlm~OuG reBulatlOlS for Waterbury, which will be in- cluded in the New England area so designated on and after one-half hour after sunset, November 30, should be read by all residents of this city, as they apply to the every -day life of most householders, motorists and businessmen.
 Penalties for failure to comply with them are severe. It is suggested that the official regulations, printed below, be kept on hand by all Waterburians. They should be clipped out and pasted on cardboard for future reference.
 Purpose and Authorization 1. Regulations for the control of lighting in coastal and metropolitan areas are necessary to reduce per- manently certain lighting, for the protection of the commerce of the United States and the United Na- tions from damage or destruction by enemy attack, for the prevention of enemy action against our shores, and for the control of lighting in critical areas so as to reduce the dangers from hostile air operations. 9. In furtherance of the above objectives and in compliance with the order of the Commanding Gen. eral, Eastern Defense Command and First Army, dated November l3, l942, the following revised regula- tions are hereby established for the control of lighting within the dim out areas hereinafter defined, ef- fective November 30, 1922, from one- half hour after sunset each night until one-half hour before sunrise the following morning for the dura- ton of the war or until such time as these regulations may be re- scinded or amended. All persons entering or remaining in the dim out areas of the New England States as defined below must com ply with these regulations.
 Requirements
 3. All lights of every nature and from whatever source, except auto motive driving lights as provided for in Paragraph l3 below, and such other lights as are exempted by Paragraph 19, below, shall be per- manently shielded, obscured or re- duced in intensity so that no gleam or reflection therefrom shall be visible from any point on the sea- coast east and north of Old Say brook, Conn.,, inclusive. If they can not be so shielded or controlled, they shall be extinguished.
 {. All outdoor advertising and display signs of every nature and however illuminated shall be ex- tinguished.
 5. (a) All exterior lights used
 for illumination of streets or
 guidance of traffic, except au-
 tomotive driving lights. shall be
 reduced in wattage and num-
 Der to the minimum consistent
 with their purpose, and those
 retained in use shall be per-
 manently shielded in such a
 manner that the source of light
 will not be visible above a
 horizontal plane through that
 source.
 (b) Where traffic needs do
 not equal or excel the
 conditions described in Article
 All, Page 56, Manual of Uni
 form Traffic Control Devices
 for Streets and Highways"
 American Association of State
 Highway Officials Publication,
 November 1935), traffic signals
 shall be regarded as non-
 essential and shall be per-
 manently extinguished.
 6. All exterior lights used for outdoor manufacturing, in railroad yards, for repair work, shipbuilding necessary handling or storage of raw or finished materials or for any type of construction work, shall be reduced in intensity and number to a minimum consistent with their purpose. Those retained in use shall be permanently shielded so that the cone of light is thrown directly downward and does not exceed ninety degrees.
 2. All exterior lights used for protective purposes shall be shielded so as to throw the light only where 1t is necessary to insure protection and in no case shall the source of light be visible above a horizontal plane through that source.
 8. The illumination caused by fires, flashes or glow from industrial processes shall be shielded, obscured, reduced in intensity or otherwise treated to as great an extent as may be practicable in order to eliminate or reduce to a minimum the amount or light which is emitted upward.
 9. The outdoor illumination of areas such as parking lots, gasoline filling stations. public playgrounds, and places of amusement or enter: tainment shall be limited by the following provisions:
 a. No single light shall be used which exceeds the intensity of a 4O-watt incandescent lamp. b. No such light shall be To- cated nearer than twenty (20) feet to any other light.
 c. Every such light shall be permanently shielded so that the cone of light is directly down. ward and does not exceed ninety (9O) degrees.
 10. Lights in display or show windows of stores, restaurants. bars commercial and industrial estab- lishmerts shall be limited to one