117-513 - Special sign regulations

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


Within the Queens Plaza Subdistrict, the #sign# regulations of Section 123-40 shall apply, except that such #sign# regulations
may be modified to permit a non-#flashing sign# on the rooftop of a #non-residential building#, provided that such #sign#
directs attention to a business conducted within such #building#, where such business occupies at least 20 percent of the #floor
area# within such #building#, or a minimum of 50,000 square feet of #floor area# within such #building#, whichever is less. In
addition, the following rules shall apply:

(a)    such #sign# shall be located on the rooftop of a #building# with frontage on Queens Plaza South, Queens Boulevard,
       Queens Plaza East or Queens Plaza North, and the height of the rooftop on which the #sign# is affixed shall be at least 70
       feet but not more than 150 feet above #curb level#;

(b)    there shall be no more than one such #sign# on a #zoning lot#, and no more than one such #sign# per establishment on
       any #sign# structure;

(c)    such #signs# shall be affixed to an open frame structure with maximum dimensions that shall not exceed 45 feet in height,
       as measured from the surface of the roof to its uppermost point, and 150 feet in width, as measured along its widest
       dimension;

(d)    all writing, pictorial representations, emblems, flags, symbols or any other figure or character comprising the design of
       such #sign# shall be separate elements, individually cut and separately affixed to the open frame structure. No perimeter
       or background surfaces shall be applied or affixed to the open frame structure in addition to such separate elements. No
       portion of such separate elements shall extend beyond the maximum dimensions allowed for an open frame structure.
       The area of such separate elements of a rooftop #sign# shall not count towards the maximum #surface area of a sign#
       permitted in Section 32-644 (Illuminated or flashing signs in C4, C5-4, C6 or C7 Districts); and

(e)    any illumination from a rooftop #sign# located within 100 feet of any #building# containing #residences#, where such
       #residences# legally existed at the time of the application for a permit for such #sign#, shall not project into or reflect
       onto any #residential# portion of such #building#.