[Code 1964, § 3-23(a)—(d), (f)]
(a) Definition. As used in this article, "commercial sign" means any
letter, word, model, sign, device or representation used in the nature
of any advertisement, announcement or direction that is erected, constructed,
owned or maintained by any business establishment and is attached
to the walls of any building and extending over the sidewalk beyond
the building line.
(b) Classifications. A commercial sign shall be classified as one of
the following:
(1)
A projecting commercial sign which is one that is affixed to
the building wall and which extends more than 12 inches over public
property.
(2)
A flat commercial sign which is one that is attached in a rigid
manner lying parallel to the building wall.
(c) Erection and maintenance. No commercial sign extending more than
12 inches over public property shall be erected, constructed, altered
or maintained until after the permit provided for in this chapter
to so erect, construct, alter or maintain the sign has been secured
from the commissioner of codes enforcement and until after the required
fee has been duly paid.
(d) Illuminated signs. No commercial sign shall be illuminated otherwise
than by electricity as a primary source, and illuminated commercial
signs shall be constructed entirely of metal or other noncombustible
material. Commercial signs shall be firmly attached to the building
and so constructed as not to be or become dangerous.
(e) Projection and clearance. No commercial sign may extend beyond the
visual curbline in front of the premises to which it is attached,
and the sign shall be fixed to the building so that the overhanging
part of the sign shall not be less than 10 feet above the sidewalk
level. This restriction shall not apply to commercial signs attached
parallel to the building wall.
[Code 1964, §§ 3-36—3-41]
(a) Erection and installation generally. No electrical sign or outline
lighting installation shall be erected or installed within the limits
of the city unless it shall bear the label of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc., or the approval of the New York Board of Fire
Underwriters. Any alteration, change, addition, repair or removal
to a location different from that which it was originally approved
shall void the label and/or the approval of the New York Board of
Fire Underwriters which was issued for the sign or outline lighting
before the alteration, change, addition, repair or removal to a different
location.
(b) Compliance with minimum standards required. All electrical signs
and outline lighting installations shall be installed in full compliance
with minimum requirements for safety to life and property. Compliance
with the requirements of the current edition of the National Electrical
Code, published by the National Fire Protection Association, shall
be prima facie evidence of a safe installation.
(c) Prerequisites to installation. It shall be a violation for any person
to install any electrical sign or outline lighting installation without
first obtaining an electrical permit and without filing an application
for inspection with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
(d) Connection to energy source. No sign or outline lighting installation
shall be connected to any electrical circuit, feeder or to any source
of electrical energy except by a licensed electrician and then only
after a city permit has been obtained and an application for inspection
by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters has been filed as required
by the laws and ordinances of the city, except that an approved portable
sign may be plugged into an approved receptacle outlet.
(e) Repair, alteration or relocation. No electrical sign or outline lighting
installation shall be repaired, altered, changed or moved to a different
location without obtaining a new Underwriters' Laboratories,
Inc., label or the approval of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
(f) Correction of unsafe condition. An electrical sign and outline lighting
installation found by reinspection by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
to be deteriorated, in need of repairs or otherwise in an unsafe condition
shall be corrected to remove the unsafe condition, and a new approval
shall be obtained from the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.