Int. No. 284
By Council Members Rosenthal, Kallos, Levin and Powers (by request of the Queens Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to placing a cap on the correlated color temperature of new and replacement streetlights
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter one of chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-158 to read as follows:
§19-158 Limitation on correlated color temperature of streetlights. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Correlated color temperature. The term “correlated color temperature” means the perceived color of the light emitted by a lamp, expressed in Kelvin (K) units.
Kelvin. The term “kelvin” means the unit of measurement used to characterize the color of light emitted by a lamp.
b. Any lamp to be used in the illumination of streets, highways, parks, or any other public place shall have a correlated color temperature no higher than 3000 Kelvin. All new and replacement outdoor lamps shall be installed in accordance with this section.
§2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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