N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6 § 646-7.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 646-7.2 - Exemptions

The following signs shall be exempt from the permit requirements of this Subpart:

(a) A sign erected or maintained within an incorporated village.

(b) A sign erected by the State, a county, a town or an agency or department thereof.

(c) The name plate of a professional person, such as an engineer, architect, doctor, dentist, lawyer, or the name plate of a practitioner of some home occupation such as teacher of music, dancing or art, seamstress, etc., or real estate broker, provided these signs contain no advertising matter, are not larger than two square feet, and give in words only the name and profession or vocation of the person.

(d) Bulletin boards not over 15 square feet in area for public, charitable and religious institutions when such bulletin boards are located on the premises of said institution.

(e) Signs advertising a principal business operated on the property where the sign is located provided all of the following conditions are met:

(1) that there are not more than two such signs;

(2) that no sign has an area of more than 48 square feet;

(3) that no sign extends more than 20 feet above ground level;

(4) that no sign is within 10 feet of the highway right-of-way; and

(5) that no sign is illuminated by or contains a flashing, intermittent, rotating, or moving light or lights.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 646-7.2