Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
ADC New York City Administrative Code(NEW) |
Title 27. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE |
Chapter 1. BUILDING CODE |
Subchapter 7. SPECIAL USES AND OCCUPANCIES |
Article 17. OUTDOOR SIGNS AND DISPLAY STRUCTURES |
Section 27-503. Roof signs
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(a) Location. Roof signs shall be set back a minimum of six feet from the face of the walls of the building on which they are erected. (b) Materials. Inside the fire districts, roof signs shall be constructed entirely of noncombustible materials except as permitted in sections 27-506 and 27-507 of this article. Outside the fire districts, the framework of roof signs exceeding fifteen hundred square feet in facing or display area or having any part more than sixty-five feet above grade shall be constructed of noncombustible materials, and the facing of such signs shall be noncombustible, except as permitted in sections 27-506 and 27-507 of this article. (c) Supports. Roof signs shall be constructed and anchored to resist loads acting in any direction on the sign in accordance with the provisions of subchapter nine of this chapter. Such signs shall be so constructed as to leave a clear space of at least seven feet between the roof and the lowest part of the sign, and at least five feet between the vertical supports thereof.