Assembly Bill A320

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the declaration of a sign as a public nuisance and its removal

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A320 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S811
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §28-503.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3634, S4419
2017-2018: A707, S5441
2021-2022: A525, S4310
2023-2024: S2809
2025-2026: S1597

2019-A320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    320
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ARROYO, MOSLEY, DINOWITZ, M. G. MILL-
   ER, GOTTFRIED -- 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:
 
   Section  1. Section 28-503.1 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York, as added by local law number 33 of the city of  New  York  for
 the year 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 28-503.1 General. A sign with a surface area greater than 200 square
 feet  (19  m{2}) that is erected, maintained, attached, affixed, painted
 on, or in any other manner represented on  a  building  or  premises  in
 violation of the zoning resolution, this code, the 1968 building code or
 rules  adopted  pursuant  thereto  is  hereby  declared  to  be a public
 nuisance. The commissioner [may] SHALL, after notice and hearing,  order
 the  removal of such illegal sign [or] AND its sign structure [or both],
 IF APPLICABLE, as hereinafter provided.
   § 2. The commissioner of buildings shall immediately order the removal
 of any sign and its sign structure that has previously been deemed ille-
 gal.
   § 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

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