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and established. Illumination within the entire area of said Zone of Restricted Lighting shall be extinguished or contrelled at all times at night from Sunset to Sunrise, as follows: (a) SIGNS, FLOODLIGHTING, DISPLAY AND INTERIOR LIGHTING. illuminated signs and ornamental lighting of every description which are located out-of-doors, and floodlighting which illuminates buildings or signs (including but not limited to all exterior advertising signs, billboards, display lighting, theatre marquee signs, illuminated poster panels, and building e~T~l~ne'.'tighting), and all interior light sources (as hereinafter defined) which emit direct rays above the horizontal out-of-doors, shall be extinguished. The words, "light sources", as used herein are intended and shall be construed to mean and include any light generating elements and the bright portion of any reflector, lens, luminaire, transparency, or other equipment associated herewith for the control or diffusion of light. This Section 2 (a) shall not apply to illumination for industrial or protective purposes except to the extent provided for in Section 2 (b) hereof. (b) ILLUMINATION OF OUTDOOR AREAS; STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTS. Illumination of outdoor areas and industrial and protective illumination, shall be controlled as follows: (1) Except .as provided in Section 2 (b) (2) hereof, illumination on all outdoor areas (including but not limited to automobile service station yards, outdoor parking areas, recreation areas and outdoor structures and roofs) shall not exceed one foot candle at any point when measured on a horizontal plane at any level of such outdoor areas, and all outdoor light sources shall be shielded so that no direct rays from the light source are emitted above the horizontal. All interior lighting of every description shall be reduced or controlled so that it does not contribute more than one foot candle of illumination upon any outdoor area. All street and high- way lights shall also be shielded so that each light source emits no more than ten per cent of its total lamp lumens at angles above the horizontal. Provided the fore- going requirements are met, any further redUction or extinguishment of street or highway illumination which would unnecessarily aggravate traffic hazards is not required. (2) Variations from the foregoing requirements shall be permitted in the case of illumination for industrial and protective purposes, and from industrial processes, whether interior or exterior, but not including street or highway lights, only when and to the extent that it is necessary to vary from such requirements in order to achieve and maintain maximum efficiency; but only with the written approval of the Ninth Regional Civilian Defense Board, obtained in advance. (c) TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIgNAlS. Illuminated signs and signals which are authorXaed or maintained by governmental authority for the p~rpese of controlling or directing street or highway traffic shall be shielded so that no direct rays from the light source are emitted above the horizontal in respect to lights mounted ten feet or more above the ground, or above an angle of more than six degrees above the horizontal in respect to lights mounted less than ten but more than&T~hree feet above the ground, or above an angle of ~ore than twelve degrees abo~e the hdrizontal' in respect to lights mounted lesa than three feet above the ground. Relative variations in the upward limit of light are permissible to compensate for grades. (d) NAVIGATION AND RAILROAD LIGHTS. Authorized lights necessary to facilitate air or water navigation, authorized railroad signal lights, and headlights of railroad locomotives when in motion, are hereby excepted from :75