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Home My WebLink About1470 ORDINANCE NO. 1470 AN ORDINANCE relating to and defining Black-outs, regulating the exting- uishing, dimming, diminishing, or shielding of lights during black-outs, repealing Ordinance No. 1435 of the City of Bremerton, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BRE~gEHTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Definitions: "Black-out," for the purposes of this ordinance, is hereby defined as any period of time, designated by Federal authorities dur- ing the existence o£ a state of war with any foreign power, for extinguishing, dimming, or diminishing, lights during hours of darkness. "General lighting," is hereby defined as residential, factory, store, or any other lighting, which can be seen from the outside, not specifically class- ,! ified herein as a "Beacon Marker, or as "Black-out Public Safety Lighting." "Black-out Public Safety Lighting," is hereby defined as all lighting essential to public safety during black-outs, which may be obscured, or shielded, without being completely extinguished during black-outs. "Beacon Marker," is hereby defined as conmlercial outdoor lighting, which provides a beacon marker to the horizon and which comprises the following types of installations: (a) Illuminating roof top Signs or displays'. (b) Illuminating signs extended above the second story, or more than 30 feet above the~street level, or extended above the roof level. (c) Commercial flood lighting where the beam of light is directed above the horizontal. "Reliable Attendant," is hereby defined as an attendant whose duty it will be to extinguish general lighting or beacon markers on premises where he is stationed and who has the following requirements: (a) Is constantly on the premises while on duty. (b) Is considered a reliable person and, in the case of commercial lighting, is over the age of eighteen years. (c) While on duty is constantly within thirty (30) seconds reach of all control switches. (d) Has good hearing and eye-sight, and while on duty is constantly in hearing or sight distance of official warning signals. Such attendant must be provided with a complete set of switches by which he can manually put out all lights on the premises and must have a pilot light or other means of visual check to determine whether exposed lights not readily within sight of the attendant have been extinguished. "Permissable automatic controls" are hereby defined as follows: (a) Permissable automatic controls must be designed and installed so that failure of the equipment will result in failure of light operation rather than failure of a black-out durihg hours of darkness. (b) Fermissable automatic controls must at all times be in operating condition and not subject to manual interference with their operation. (c) Permtssable automatic controls may be used in ~onJunction with time- clock control, permitting day-time operation, providing the owner or occupant of the building makes arrangements at his own expense for weekly time-clock inspection under the supervision of the electrical inspector. (d) Permissable automatic controls must be actuated from a reliable and constantly attended control center so as to permit operation within sixty (60) seconds after receiving an impulse from the said control center. "Owner" is hereby defined as a person, firm or corporation, having charge or control of any place within the City of Bremerton where lighting of any kind is or may be used during hours of darkness. Ordinance No. 1470 (tout) Section 2. It is hereby declared to be necessary for the preservation of public safety that every owner, as herein defined, shall extinguish or effect- ively shield lights, so that no light can be seen from outside the premises, prior to or within sixty (60) seconds after the sound of air-raid alarms, or the extinguishment of street lights in the City of Bremerton. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any general lighting in any premises to leave said premises unattended, without extinguishing all lighting therein, that is not obscured, shielded or otherwise blacked out by approved methods, unless he shall leave a reliable attendant in charge, or shall have applied for and received a permit for the installation of a permissable automatic control and the same shall have been inspected and approved. Section 4. The owner of any beacon marker shall extinguish the same on leaving the'premises wherein said beacon marker is located, unless he shall leave a reliable attendant in charge thereof, or shall have applied for and received a per?nit for' the installation of, and shall have installed and had inspected and approved, permisaable automatic controls, so that such beacon marker shall be extinguished in advance of a black-out on the first instance of a radio silence as called by the U. S. Army, the U. S. ~avy, or other Federal authority. Section 8. "Black-out Public Safety Lighting" is hereby, declared to be necessary to public safety during black-outs, and lights for emergency vehicles, traffic control lighting, and other black-out public safety lighting, shall not be extinguished during black-outs, provided however, that the City Commission shall from time to time, on the recommendation of the Chief of Police Department, Chief of the Fire Department, and the Electrical Inspector, promulgate rules, regulations or other approved methods of obscuring or shielding or otherwise partially blacking out "Black-out Public Safety Lighting," which rules, regula- tions and orders shall be at all times fully complied with. Section 6. The provisions of the Electrical Code of the City of Bremerton shall be and remain in full force and effect, and any owners desiring to install permtssable automatic controls shall apply for and receive a permit for the installation thereof from the Electrical Inspector, provided however, that the Electrical Inspector shall not issue such permit until he shall have satisfied himself that the proposed installation complies with the provisions of this ordinance; and provided further, that such permissable automatic controls shall be inspected and approved, and arrangements satisfactory to the Electrical Inspector for weekly time-clock inspections at the expense of the owner shall be completed, before the license certifying that the installation of such permlss- able automatic control complies with the provisions of this ordinance shall be issued to the owner by the Electrical Inspector. Such license shall be posted on the premises in such position that it can be plainly seen from the exterior of the premises at all times, and the.said license may be revoked by the City Commission on the reommendation of the Electrical. Inspector, for any failure to comply with the provisions of this ordinance. No' beacon marker shall be left unattended luring hours of darkness unless such liC~ense has been issued and is posted as herein set forth. ~ Section 7. In the event of any controversy as to'whether a lighting installation constitutes a "Beacon Marker," the City Electrical Inspector shall inspect the lighting installation and shall determine whether or not the same constitutes a "Beacon Marker" as herein defined. Section 8. Ordinance No. 1435 of the City of Bremerton entitled, "An Ordinance relating to the national defense and providing for 'Black-outs, during the existence of a state of war with any foreign power; defining offenses, pre- scribing penalties, and declaring an emergency," be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 9. Violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance or the failure to comply with any of the rules and regulations prescribed in connection therewith, pursuant hereto, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 10. That an emergency exists affecting the public peace, health and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately following passage and publication. PASSED by the City Commis~~~ City.,of~Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk~~~2atiOn '~ such passage, this 2Vth day of May, 1942. '~ E. J. McCall, City Clerk ............ ~