42-63 - Surface Area and Illumination Provisions

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024

M1 M2 M3

In all districts, as indicated, all permitted #signs# shall be subject to the restrictions on #surface area# and illumination as set
forth in this Section, provided that the following #signs# shall be exempted from such restrictions on #surface area#:

        #Illuminated# non-#flashing signs#, other than #advertising signs#, located in a window within a #building#, with a
        total #surface area# not exceeding eight square feet on any #zoning lot# and limited to not more than three such #signs#
        in any window.

For the purpose of determining permitted #surface area# of #signs# for #zoning lots# occupied by more than one establishment,
any portion of such #zoning lot# occupied by a #building# or part of a #building# accommodating one or more establishments
on the ground floor may be considered as a separate #zoning lot#.

No #illuminated sign# shall have a degree or method of illumination that exceeds standards established by the Department of
Buildings by rule pursuant to the City Administrative Procedure Act. Such standards shall ensure that illumination on any
#illuminated sign# does not project or reflect on #residences# or #joint living-work quarters for artists# so as to interfere with
the reasonable use and enjoyment thereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize a #sign with indirect illumination# to
arrange an external artificial source of illumination so that direct rays of light are projected from such artificial source into
#residences# or #joint living-work quarters for artists#.