New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle G - Office of General Services
Chapter V - Design And Construction Group
Part 312 - Restrictions on the Luminous Power of Lighting Fixtures
Section 312.3 - Restrictions and Exemptions
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 312.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) No State agency operating in the State shall install or cause to be installed any new or replacement permanent outdoor fixture unless the following conditions are met:
(1) In the case of roadway lighting
or parking-lot lighting, whether mounted to poles, buildings or other
structures, the fixture is fully shielded.
(2) In the case of building-mounted fixtures
not specifically intended for roadway lighting, parking-lot lighting, or facade
lighting, the fixture is fully shielded when its initial fixture lumens is
greater than 3,000 lumens.
(3) In
the case of facade lighting, the fixture is shielded to reduce glare, sky glow,
and light trespass to the greatest extent possible.
(4) In the case of ornamental roadway
lighting fixtures, the fixture allows no more than 700 lumens from the fixture
above a horizontal plane through the fixture's lowest light emitting part.
(5) For illumination by new
permanent outdoor fixtures for applications described in paragraph (1), (2),
(3) or (4) of this subdivision, only illuminance levels that are no greater
than those required for the intended purpose may be used, in accordance with
the industry standards set forth in Section 312.4.
(6) In the case of roadway lighting
unassociated with intersections of two or more streets or highways, the
Department of Transportation has determined that the purpose of the lighting
installation or replacement cannot be achieved by installation of reflectorized
roadway markers, lines, warnings or informational signs, or other passive
means.
(b) This Part shall not apply:
(1) if a federal law, rule
or regulation preempts State law;
(2) if the outdoor lighting fixture is used
temporarily by emergency personnel requiring additional illumination for
emergency procedures or temporarily used by repair personnel for road repair;
(3) to navigational lighting
systems and other lighting necessary for aviation and nautical safety;
(4) to lighting for athletic
playing areas; provided, however, that all such lighting shall be selected and
installed to shield the lamp or lamps from direct view and to minimize upward
lighting and glare to the greatest extent possible;
(5) if the State agency determines a safety
or security need exists that cannot be addressed by any other method;
(6) to the replacement of a
previously installed permanent outdoor fixture that is destroyed, damaged or
inoperative, has experienced electrical failure due to failed components, or
requires standard maintenance;
(7)
to lighting intended for tunnels and roadway underpasses; or
(8) if the combined cost of acquiring and
operating a fixture complying with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision
(a) of this section is more than 15% greater than the cost of acquiring and
operating comparable non-compliant fixtures over the life of the lighting
system and if a writ- ten determination with findings has been made that no
compliant fixture exists that would meet the cost limitation.
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