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Hyde Park City Zoning Code

§ 108-24.4

Prohibited signs.

A. 
No off-premises commercial signs shall be allowed in any district.
B. 
No illumination shall transmit through or from the face of a sign or through or from its letters and graphics, and no sign shall contain flashing, intermittent, rotating, or moving lights, except that one nonflashing neon, LED or fiber optics sign not exceeding three square feet may be allowed inside the window of a business establishment. Period-style lighting in or on a part of a sign, including neon, may be permitted at the discretion of the Planning Board by special use permit, where it determines that such design elements complement or are essential to the architecture of the building or the theme of the proposed business.
C. 
No sign or any part thereof shall contain or consist of any moving, rotating, or revolving device.
D. 
No sign shall be allowed on a roof.
E. 
No sign, display, display area, or part thereof, or devices to attract attention shall move or contain or consist of pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners, banners, flags, posters, or other moving lights, fluttering or revolving devices.
F. 
No sign shall display pornographic images or offensive sexual material prohibited by § 235.05 and/or § 245.11 or any other section of the New York State Penal Law.
[Amended 7-16-2018 by L.L. No. 4-2018]
G. 
No signs or images may be projected onto walls or other surfaces. Televisions and monitors, including flat-screen displays, shall not be used for advertising or information, except so as to not be directly exposed to public view from a store exterior.
H. 
No sign placed or erected out-of-doors shall be constructed of paper, cardboard or canvas, except that signs on awnings and canopies may be constructed of or printed on canvas.