[Amended 11-9-1948; 11-16-2010 by L.L. No. 9-2010]
A. Flat signs, lights or transparencies parallel to the
front of the building to which they are attached, and fastened thereto
for their entire length, may be erected, provided that no such sign,
light or transparency shall be more than 30 inches in height or project
more than nine inches over the sidewalk.
B. Signs perpendicular
to the front of the building to which they are attached may be erected,
provided that every such sign must not project more than 4 1/2 feet
from the building wall and must be at its lowermost part not less
than nine feet above the ground.
C. No sign, light or transparency permitted by Subsections
A and
B shall be at any point higher than the building to which it is attached, nor shall any extension or additional sign or light of any kind be hung from or attached to any such permitted sign, light or transparency.
D. Theater signs and fixed canopies or marquees shall
not be governed by the provisions of the preceding subsection but
shall comply with all the following requirements:
(1) A fixed canopy or marquee may be erected over the
main entrance to a theater, provided:
(a)
That no part thereof shall be less than nine
feet above the sidewalk at any point thereof.
(b)
That no part thereof shall be nearer than two
feet to the perpendicular projection of the street curb.
(c)
That such canopy or marquee shall not be greater
in length along the front of the building of which it is a part than
60% of the total width of the building at the building line.
(d)
That the vertical height thereof shall at no
place exceed three feet.
(2) A vertical sign bearing only the name of the theater
may be erected above such canopy or marquee; provided, however, that
such sign shall not:
(a)
Exceed two feet in thickness at any point.
(b)
Extend upward above the parapet of the front
wall in excess of two feet.
(c)
Extend outward from the front building line
in excess of two feet.
The erection, after the adoption of this article, of any sign, light or transparency of any kind projecting over a sidewalk within the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, except those referred to in §
234-1 hereof, is prohibited.
[Amended 11-9-1948]
All permitted illuminated signs, including the
uprights, supports and braces for the same, shall be constructed of
metal or other noncombustible material, and shall be properly and
firmly attached to the building. Red, green and flash-type lights
are prohibited. No permitted sign shall be erected or maintained so
as to obstruct any window or fire escape.
No person, firm or corporation shall erect or
place in position any signs or lights except in accordance with the
provisions of this article. A permit signed by the Building Inspector
shall be obtained before any sign, light or transparency is erected.
No permit shall be issued for a sign with lights,
if the same is intended to be attached to a building which adjoins
a building occupied exclusively as a private dwelling, until the written
consent of the owner of such dwelling shall be obtained and filed
with the application for a permit.
Every person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a penalty
not exceeding $10 for each offense. Each day a violation continues
to exist shall be deemed a separate offense.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
ordinance, only the following provisions shall apply to the erection,
alteration and maintenance of signs projecting from the wall of a
building occupied by a federal or state-chartered bank or savings
and loan association.
A. Every such sign must not project more than 4 1/2
feet from the building wall and it must be at its lowermost part not
less than nine feet above the ground.
B. No such sign may be erected except pursuant to a permit
obtained from the Building Inspector as provided in this article.