HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 14 of 2017 Conforming Sign Requirement References in Town Code TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 14 OF THE YEAR 2017
A LOCAL LAW CONFORMING SIGN REQUIREMENTS REFERENCES IN TOWN OF ITHACA CODE
CHAPTER 125,TITLED "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE PREVENTION," AND
CHAPTER 173,TITLED "LIGHTING, OUTDOOR"
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 125 of the Town of Ithaca Code ('Building Construction and Fire
Prevention"), Section 125-4 ('Building permits"), Subsection A is amended by deleting
"Chapter 221, Signs" in the first sentence and replacing the deleted text with "Article XXIX,
Signs, of Chapter 270, Zoning" so that the first sentence in Subsection A reads as follows:
"No person, firm, corporation, association or other organization shall commence the
erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, improvement, repair, removal, or
demolition of any building or structure (including signs, except as specified in Article
XXIX, Signs, of Chapter 270, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Ithaca), nor install
heating equipment, nor undertake any other work which must conform to the Uniform
Code, without having applied for and obtained a building permit from a Code
Enforcement Officer."
Section 2. Chapter 173 of the Town of Ithaca Code ("Lighting, Outdoor"), Section 173-8
("Outdoor signs"), Subsection D, is amended by deleting "§ 221-8" and replacing the
deleted text with "the requirements in Article XXIX, Signs, of Chapter 270, Zoning," so that
Subsection D reads as follows:
"In addition to the foregoing requirements, all outdoor signs must conform to the
requirements in Article XXIX, Signs, of Chapter 270, Zoning, of the Town of Ithaca Code
regarding sign illumination."
Section 3. If any provision of this local law is found invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this local law, which shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the New York
Secretary of State.
Adopted August 7, 2017