Town of Cortlandt, NY
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 245 Signs
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Article II Prohibition and Removal of Billboards
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 9 Capital Improvement Projects
- Ch 10 Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Conservation Advisory Council
- Ch 21 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Disaster and Emergency Services, Office of
- Ch 29 Emergency Medical Treatments/Advance Life Support Advisory Council
- Ch 30 Technical Services, Department of
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Environmental Services, Department of
- Ch 35 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 41 Finance, Department of
- Ch 44 Fire Prevention
- Ch 45 Greenway Compact
- Ch 47 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 59 Law, Department of
- Ch 61 Meetings
- Ch 64 Notification of Defects
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 77 Planning and Community Development
- Ch 81 Pollution Control Board
- Ch 85 Purchasing, Department of
- Ch 91 Records Management
- Ch 92 Recreation and Conservation, Department of
- Ch 95 Superintendent of Highways, Abolishment of
- Ch 97 Tenant-Landlord Advisory Board
- Ch 99 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 104 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 113 Alarm Systems
- Ch 117 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 121 Animals
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 131 Building Construction
- Ch 135 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 139 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 142 Cannabis
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Code Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 153 Drop-Off Bins
- Ch 154 Dumpsters
- Ch 155 Electrical Standards; Plumbing
- Ch 156 Energy Conservation
- Ch 157 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 161 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 168 Fees
- Ch 170 Filming
- Ch 171 Fireworks
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 179 Freshwater Wetlands, Water Bodies and Watercourses
- Ch 185 Games of Chance
- Ch 187 Graffiti
- Ch 188 Highways and Roads
- Ch 191 Licensing
- Ch 193 Living Quarters, Temporary
- Ch 195 Multichannel Service Providers
- Ch 197 Noise
- Ch 208 Parades
- Ch 211 Parking
- Ch 215 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 219 Plumbing
- Ch 221 Property Maintenance
- Ch 223 Public Markets and Similar Businesses
- Ch 228 Recreational Areas
- Ch 230 Rental Property
- Ch 233 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 237 Security Deposits
- Ch 240 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 241 Sewers
- Ch 245 Signs
- Ch 245 Art II Prohibition and Removal of Billboards
- § 245-13 Legislative intent.
- § 245-14 Billboards and outdoor advertising devices prohibited; exceptions.
- § 245-15 Existing billboards.
- § 245-16 Notice.
- § 245-17 Removal; penalties for offenses.
- § 245-18 Appeals.
- Ch 249 (Reserved)
- Ch 253 Sludge and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 255 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 257 Solid Waste
- Ch 259 Steep Slopes
- Ch 261 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 262 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 265 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 275 Taxation
- Ch 277 Telecommunications Towers
- Ch 278 Tobacco and Nicotine Products, Sale of
- Ch 279 Town Charges, Payment of
- Ch 281 Transient and Nontransient Lodging
- Ch 283 Trees
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 289 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 297 Water
- Ch 299 Water and Sewer Payments, Collection of
- Ch 301 Watercourses, Diversion of
- Ch 307 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 9-16-2008 by L.L. No. 5-2008]
A.
In 1995 the Town Board enacted a law, Chapter 245, Signs,[1] which attempted to eliminate all billboards from within
the Town of Cortlandt. That law required all such signs to be removed
within seven years. While it was thought that notice of the removal
provisions were given at that time to the owners, the only records
available were copies of notices in 2002 advising the owners to remove
the signs. The Town Board has previously attempted litigation to extract
the removal of these signs to no avail.
B.
It is with the intent to cause the discontinuance
and removal of billboards that this article is adopted.
All billboards or outdoor advertising devices
are hereby prohibited anywhere within the Town in zones other than
manufacturing or industrial zones, as of the effective date of this
article.
Any billboard or outdoor advertising device
legally existing on the effective date of this article shall be removed
and discontinued within the following time periods from the date of
notice provided to them:
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Fair Market Value on Date of Removal Requirement
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Minimum Years Allowed
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|---|---|
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Under $1,999
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3
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$2,000 to $3,999
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4
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$4,000 to $5,999
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6
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$6,000 to $7,999
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7
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$8,000 to $9,999
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9
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$10,000 or more
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10
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Each property or sign owner affected by this
article will be given written notice by the Director of Technical
Services (or his appropriate deputy) of the value assigned to his/her
billboard and the number of years the owner has to remove said billboard.
A.
On the date specified in the removal notice, the billboard
or other outside advertising device must be removed.
Should any property owner or sign owner who receives the notice set forth in § 245-16 dispute any of the determinations made therein, he/she may appeal to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Said appeal must be filed within 60 days following receipt of the notice.
