Landscape lighting to use energy-efficient lamps and lanterns and advanced light control methods. Prohibit the use of powerful searchlights, high-power floodlights, large neon lights and other super brightness, super energy lamps and lanterns. Set up landscape lighting facilities to coordinate with the surrounding environment, shall not affect public safety or the attached buildings, structures, structural safety.
Wuhan Municipal Government official website announced the “Wuhan City, landscape lighting management measures. The measures shall come into force on March 1, 2021.
Four types of regional buildings
Structures should be set up landscape lighting facilities
Set up landscape lighting facilities should be in line with the special planning of landscape lighting. Prohibit the violation of the landscape lighting special planning to set their own landscape lighting facilities. Prohibit the setting of landscape lighting facilities in the cultural relics buildings, old trees, and wetland nature reserves.
“Measures” clearly, the following areas of buildings and structures should be set up landscape lighting facilities.
The two rivers and four shores, East Lake, and other core areas of buildings and structures.
Yellow Crane Tower, Turtle Mountain TV Tower, and other landmark nature of buildings, structures.
Airports, railway stations, and other important window facilities.
Other areas that really need to set up landscape lighting.
Prohibit the following six types of behavior
“Measures” provides that no unit and individual shall not implement the following acts of damage, damage to landscape lighting facilities.
(1) in the landscape lighting facilities within a safe distance, unauthorized tree planting, digging pits for soil or set other objects, or dumping of corrosive substances containing acid, alkali, salt or corrosive waste slag, waste liquid.
(2) unauthorized in the landscape lighting facilities on the erection of cables, placement of other facilities, or access to power.
(3) the unauthorized implementation of blasting, drilling, excavation, burning, and other activities above the landscape lighting pipeline.
(4) unauthorized relocation, removal, use of landscape lighting facilities.
(5) unauthorized operation of landscape lighting facilities switch or change their mode of operation.
(6) other acts that cause damage or interference to the normal safe operation of landscape lighting facilities.
The use of large neon lights and other ultra-bright lamps is strictly prohibited
“Measures” provides that landscape lighting design should be in line with the “City Night Lighting Design Code” related requirements, scientific determination of landscape lighting creative features and methods, landscape lighting brightness, power density values, etc., taking into account historical, cultural, architectural, environmental and other factors, in line with heritage conservation units, historical landscape areas, and excellent historical buildings protection management requirements, shall not destroy the historical and cultural landscape.
Set up landscape lighting facilities should be in line with the technical specifications of landscape lighting, implementation program requirements, and the surrounding environment in harmony; shall not affect public safety or the attached buildings, structures, structural safety, shall not affect the surrounding road traffic, airports, railroads, and other special signal lights normal use. Involved in wetland parks, mountains, and urban greening areas set up landscape lighting facilities, should seek the views of the greening authorities.
Landscape lighting should be in line with national and provincial and municipal regulations on energy conservation, a reasonable choice of lighting methods, the use of energy-efficient lamps and lanterns, and advanced light control methods. The use of powerful searchlights, high-powered floodlights, large neon lights, and other super brightness, super energy lamps and lanterns is strictly prohibited.
