81-141 - Special sign regulations

LAST AMENDED
6/23/2005

(a)    For all existing and new #uses# in the Fifth Avenue Subdistrict, #signs# shall not be permitted on the exterior of any #building#
        below a level of 10 feet above #curb level#. The aggregate #surface area# of all #signs# in ground floor windows is restricted to not
        more than one-third of the window area.

        Any #sign# that does not comply with the provisions of this paragraph, (a), shall be terminated, except that a #sign# which the
        Chairperson of the City Planning Commission certifies is an integral part of the #building#, shall not be required to terminate.

(b)    In a C5-3 District within the Fifth Avenue Subdistrict, the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission may, by certification,
        modify the requirements of Section 32-655 (Height of signs in all other Commercial Districts), to allow a single non-#illuminated
        sign# per #building#, other than an #advertising sign#, to be located at a height between 25 and 50 feet above #curb level#,
        provided that the permitted #sign# shall:
        (1)    be limited to one name and/or address of the #building# or the name of an establishment located therein, consisting only of
                individual letters and/or numbers not exceeding 18 inches in height;

        (2)    not be within a frame, a border, or any kind of background other than the #building# facade;

        (3)    not project more than three inches from the facade of the #building#; and

        (4)    not exceed 25 square feet in aggregate #surface area#.

(c)    On any #zoning lot# occupied by a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission which lies partially or wholly
        within the Fifth Avenue Subdistrict, the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission may, by certification, modify the
        applicable #sign# regulations of Section 32-60 to permit #illuminated signs# on the open area of the #zoning lot#, provided that
        such #signs# shall:

        (1)    be a re-creation of historic #signs# and that the Landmarks Preservation Commission has issued a Certificate of
                Appropriateness or other permit for such #signs#;

        (2)    not exceed a #surface area# of 12 square feet per #sign#; and

        (3)    not project across a #street line#.