81-731 - Special regulations for signs, transparency, banners and canopies

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024

Within that area of the Theater Subdistrict whose boundaries are described in Section 81-72 (Use Regulations Modified), the following
provisions apply along #wide street# frontages:

(a)    The provisions of Section 81-42 (Retail Continuity Along Designated Streets) shall apply, except that any underlying transparency
       requirement shall be modified such that any clear, unobstructed openings in the surface of a #street wall# provided for a through
       #block# connection provided in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (h) of Section 37-53 (Design Standards for
       Pedestrian Circulation Spaces) shall be treated as transparent glazed surfaces.

(b)    Canopies (as defined in the Building Code) and awnings shall not be permitted on the exterior of any #building#.

For the purposes of this Section, any #signs# which do not comply with the regulations of this Section may be continued for one year after
May 13, 1982, provided that after the expiration of that period such #non-conforming# #sign# shall terminate; a #sign# which the
Chairperson of the City Planning Commission certifies as an integral part of the #building# shall not be required to terminate.