STATE OF NEW YORK
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5441
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 28, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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.
LBD01748-01-7
