Bill Text: NY S00811 | 2019-2020 | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00811 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00811-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 811 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2019 ___________ 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. LBD02678-01-9
