122-20 - SPECIAL SIGN REGULATIONS

LAST AMENDED
9/14/2016


In order to enhance the visual quality of the Special District, the applicable #sign# regulations of the underlying districts are
modified, as follows:

(a)    Within the Limited Commercial Areas, only one #sign#, other than an #advertising sign#, with a surface area not
       exceeding 12 square feet, shall be permitted per #commercial# #use#. Such #signs# shall be located in a #sign band#, on
       the flap of a canopy, or as allowed under paragraph (d) of this Section. The height of such #signs# shall be not more than
       24 inches and the letter sizes shall be restricted to a height of 12 inches. Except as provided in paragraph (d), all such
       #signs# may not project from the vertical surface of a #building# more than 18 inches.

(b)    Within the Commercial Extension Areas, no #signs# and no #display windows# shall be permitted on a #building or
       other structure# within 50 feet of the Grand Concourse. #Commercial# #uses# which are located on a cross-street
       beyond a distance of 50 feet from the Grand Concourse #street line#, shall comply with the #sign# regulations
       applicable to the underlying #Commercial District#.

(c)    On Commercial Infill Sites, the maximum surface area to be occupied by a #sign#, other than an #advertising sign#, shall
        be three square feet for every five feet of store frontage or 12 square feet, whichever is greater. Such #signs# shall be
        located in a #sign band# or on the flap of a canopy, or as allowed under paragraph (d). On portions of Commercial Infill
        Sites more than 50 feet from the Grand Concourse, the signage regulations of a C1 District shall apply.

(d)    Except in C1 Districts, no #sign# may be located so as to obscure any decorative lintel, cornice or other architectural
        detail. In the event that compliance with this requirement does not provide adequate surface area for the allowable
        #sign#, as defined in paragraph (a) of this Section, a projecting #sign# may be permitted by the Commissioner of
        Buildings provided that no such #sign# shall project from the vertical surface of a #building# more than 18 inches.

(e)    Except in C1 Districts, no banners, pennants, #flashing# or #illuminated signs# shall be permitted anywhere within the
        Special District. In addition, within Commercial Infill Sites north of the Cross Bronx Expressway, as shown on the map
        in Appendix A of this Chapter, #signs with indirect illumination# shall be permitted on the Grand Concourse #street#
        frontage of a #building#.

(f)    Within the Limited Commercial Areas, Commercial Infill Sites, and Commercial Extension Areas within 50 feet of the
        Grand Concourse, window graphics shall occupy not more than 20 percent of a window. Display lettering more than
        three inches high shall be considered as a #sign#.

(g)    All lawfully existing #non-conforming# #signs# located within the Special District shall be terminated one year after
        September 28, 1989.