The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-24
Dim Out Regulations For New England

equivalent for each eight feet of horizontal linear opening or frac- tion thereof. All such lights shall be separated from each other by Q distance of at least eight feet. All such windows shall be screened from the main part of the establishment by light-proof backdrop or parti- ton, except that in places which are required by state law to have the main part of the establishment visible from the street, horizontal opening not in excess of one foot in height and at height above the sidewalk between four and six feet may be left open for the entire horizontal width of the show win- dow. In all cases where Such open ingS are left as aforesaid. no lights shall be so placed in the display window and the interior lights in the establishment shall he so shad- ed or screened that no direct rays of light therefrom shall shine oil the sidewalk in front of the estab- lishment. In no case shall source of light be visible out-of doors above a horizontal plane through that source.
 II. All windows, doors, or similar openings which have any light be- hind them and which are no speci- fically covered by provision above, in buildings of any type whatever shall be screened by curtains, shades, blinds. or paint for not less than the upper three-quarters of their open area, and in no case shall a source of light be visible out-of- doors above horizontal plane through that source.
 12. All skylights which have any light under them shall be shielded painted or otherwise covered so as to be completely opaque, or all lights hereunder shall be regarded as eX- terior lights and conform to tho provisions of paragraph 2 above.
 13. All automotive vehicles shall conform to the following:
 a. The upper half of each
 headlight lens shall be complete
 ly obscured by black paint, tape or
 other opaque material.
 b. AutOmotive vehicles shall be
 operated at a speed not in excess
 of thirty miles per hour.
 [. In thickly settled cOmmu-
 mites the lowest beam in the
 headlight system should be used. D. All parked automotive ve-
 hicles shall have all lights, ex- cept parking and tail lights, eX-
 tinguished.
 IA. Bonfires, brush fires. burning 1 fields. and outdoor fireplaceS shall be extingiushed completely by one half hour after sunset.
 15. Railroad trains, street cars and busses, when standing or proceeding where they would be visible from any point on the seacoast east and north of Old Saybrook, Conn, in- elusive, shall have all interior lights so shielded that the source of these lights is not visible above hori- zontal plare through that source: the headlights of locomotives and street cars shall also be dimmed.
 Is. All other out-of-door lights of whatever nature and from what ever source, not specifically covered by any of the foregoing provisions, and not exempted by Paragraph 20, below, shall not exceed the intensity of a 15-watt incandescent lamp, and shall be permanently shie.ced so that the cone of light is directly downward and does not exceed 90 degrees.
 IT. Any light or reflection thereof visible from out-or- doors, except those specifically exempted in Par agraph 20, below, which cannot be eXtinguished, completely obscured, or reduced in intensity in accord ance with standard War Depart ment Specifications within five minutes of the sounding of the sig nal for a blackout, shall be per manently extinguished.
 IS. Because of the military neceS- l ity for obscuring the upper half of headlights of automotive vehicles within the dimout area, such Vehi- cles will be permitted to operate with headlights so obscured at a speed not in excess of thirty miles per hour anywhere within the New England portion of the Eastern Mil itary Area, as defined by Public Proclamation No. 1, Eastern De- fense Command and First Army.
 19. These regulations do not apply to the following classes of lights in New England:
 a. Official maritime or aerial
 navigation and obstruction liPhts.
 b. Railroad signal lights. ]: Enforcement and Penalties ! 2l. The authorized agencies of the several New England states. with their consent, are designated the principal agencies to assist in the enforcement of these regula- tions, including their application to all plants, installations, and estab- lishments engaged in war produc- tion, except those owned by the Federal government and operated by Federal officials.
 9. Plants, installations and eS- tablishments owned by the Federal government ard operated by Fed eral officials will be given appro- priate orders in conformity with these regulations by the respective departments of the Federal govern ment. These orders will be enforced by the respective departments.
 23 Any person who violates any regulation contained herein is sub ject to the penalties provided by Title IS, Section sra, United States ' f- snNA