Bill Text: NY A00707 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal by order of the commissioner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to cities [A00707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00707-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           707
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ARROYO, MOSLEY, DINOWITZ, BRINDISI,
          M. G. MILLER, GOTTFRIED, TITONE, SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
          of  A.  COOK, LENTOL, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 28-503.1 of the administrative code of the city  of
     2  New  York,  as  added by local law number 33 of the city of New York for
     3  the year 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 28-503.1 General. A sign with a surface area greater than 200 square
     5  feet (19 m{2}) that is erected, maintained, attached,  affixed,  painted
     6  on,  or  in  any  other  manner represented on a building or premises in
     7  violation of the zoning resolution, this code, the 1968 building code or
     8  rules adopted pursuant  thereto  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  public
     9  nuisance.  The commissioner [may] shall, after notice and hearing, order
    10  the removal of such illegal sign [or] and its sign structure [or  both],
    11  if applicable, as hereinafter provided.
    12    § 2. The commissioner of buildings shall immediately order the removal
    13  of any sign and its sign structure that has previously been deemed ille-
    14  gal.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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