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SECTION 397-B
Digital billboards
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 26
§ 397-b. Digital billboards. 1. All residential and commercial
property within one thousand feet of a building used as Mitchell-Lama
housing with no fewer than ten thousand units within a city with a
population of one million or more shall be prohibited from erecting or
installing, after the effective date of this section, a digital
billboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing,
intermittent or moving lights, and from operating such billboard. In
cities with a population of one million or more, the provisions of this
section may be enforced concurrently by the corporation counsel or other
lawful designee of such city.

2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a
one or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images
using light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.