they are subject to penalties for breaking the standards

Officials said it would regulate allowable light from outdoor lamps such as advertising boards and landscape lights,led high bay lighting based on their functions and locations in the city.

Lighting managers should modify or remove the lights if required, and they are subject to penalties for breaking the standards, according to the draft law, city officials said.

Some residents who have complained have been told there's nothing now that can be done.

Lu Weiqian, 55, and her family found themselves with a light pollution problem more than a month ago after a new shopping mall next to their residential building lit on a huge LED screen to deliver welcome messages and attract customers.

Lu's family lives in a fifth-floor apartment on downtown Qiujiangzhi Road in Hongkou District. The woman complained her family is the most heavily disturbed since the new shopping mall built its LED high bay light about the same height as their apartment window across the street. Her family and neighbors have to close all their curtains early in the evening to try to get some peace.

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