File #: Int 0656-2005    Version: * Name: Information provided on canopies identifying commercial establishments.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 6/8/2005
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information provided on canopies identifying commercial establishments.
Sponsors: Tony Avella, Sara M. Gonzalez, Allan W. Jennings, Jr., Kendall Stewart, Dennis P. Gallagher, Andrew J. Lanza, James S. Oddo
Council Member Sponsors: 7

Int. No. 656

 

By Council Members Avella, Gonzalez, Jennings, Stewart, Gallagher, Lanza and Oddo

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information provided on canopies identifying commercial establishments.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1. Section 19-124 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by relettering subdivisions f through i as subdivisions g through j, respectively, and by adding thereto a new subdivision f to read as follows:

                     f. Information required.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, a commercial establishment that erects or maintains a canopy shall be required to paint, imprint or stencil directly upon the canopy, within the character and area limitation prescribed by the zoning resolution of the city, the firm name or duly filed trade name, and the address of the premises.  When such information is provided in a foreign language it must also be provided in English and all languages used must be represented in equivalent size and proportion. 

                     §2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

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