STATE OF NEW YORK
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4310
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 3, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
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.
LBD03445-01-1
