Bill Text: NY A03634 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal by order of the commissioner.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A03634 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03634-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3634
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- 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 S 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 S 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 S 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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