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N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 397-b

Digital billboards

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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2024
* § 397-b. Digital billboards. 1. All residential and commercial\nproperty within fifteen hundred feet of a building used as Mitchell-Lama\nhousing with no fewer than ten thousand units within a city with a\npopulation of one million or more shall be prohibited from operating a\ndigital billboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing,\nintermittent or moving lights.\n 2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a\none or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images\nusing light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.\n 3. Any municipality with property described under subdivision one of\nthis section may, by local law, expressly restrict or prohibit the use\nof outdoor advertising signage within fifteen hundred feet of\nresidential property.\n 4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a\ncivil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five\nthousand dollars for all subsequent violations.\n * NB Effective February 20, 2024\n
§ 397-b. Digital billboards. 1. All residential and commercial\nproperty within one thousand feet of a building used as Mitchell-Lama\nhousing with no fewer than ten thousand units within a city with a\npopulation of one million or more shall be prohibited from erecting or\ninstalling, after the effective date of this section, a digital\nbillboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing,\nintermittent or moving lights, and from operating such billboard. In\ncities with a population of one million or more, the provisions of this\nsection may be enforced concurrently by the corporation counsel or other\nlawful designee of such city.\n 2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a\none or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images\nusing light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.\n

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