P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 8035
(a) The use of any kind of light system design, material, or installation method is hereby prohibited unless evaluated and approved by the Board, ARPE as of November 30, 2009, or OGPe, as applicable. To such effect, the outdoor use of the following is hereby prohibited:
(1) The use of mercury-vapor emission sources;
(2) the use of fluorescent, metal-halide, quartz or incandescent emission sources, and
(3) the use of emission sources operating on laser beam technology, except during periods not greater than thirty (30) days and only for the duration of a specific commercial or recreational activity.
(b) Any person who submits documentation to the Planning Board and/or OGPe, as applicable, to obtain the authorizations and permits required for a proposed work involving outdoor lighting systems must include, as part of the documents thus submitted, proof that the proposed work has been approved by or submitted for the approval of OGPe or the Board in connection with its environmental planning phase, by virtue of the provisions of § 9018d of Title 23, and subsection (b)(3) of § 8001a of this title.
Such documentation shall include the following information and shall not be construed to constitute a thorough listing:
(1) The plans, indicating the location and any kinds of lamp or luminaire, installation, floodlight, reflector, and refractor to be used in connection with the lighting system;
(2) the description of lighting devices shall include, not to be construed as a limitation, drawings and commercial or other descriptions that suit this purpose;
(3) available information, as detailed as possible, concerning the efficacy, the efficiency, the top hemisphere emission, the possible light intrusion of the proposed light system, the possibility of disability glare, as well as the methods or devices to be used to concentrate or correct the beam expansion of the proposed lamps or luminaires, and
(4) If during the development of the new work, any variation in the proposed and approved lighting system is considered, such variation shall be first submitted to the attention of OGPe or the Board, if necessary, for the corresponding approval or processing, and subsequent approval of the Planning Board and/or OGPe, as appropriate.
(c) OGPe or the Planning Board, as the case may be, shall require proof of preliminary approval by the Program of the proposed lighting system as a requirement for the subsequent evaluation of any new work.
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 218, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Nov. 21, 2011, No. 225, § 2; Jan. 18, 2012, No. 29, § 4.