N.Y. General Municipal Law § 74-C
Taking of billboards
New York · New York General Municipal Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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§ 74-c. Taking of billboards. 1. If any local law, ordinance or
resolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its
police power shall require the removal of any legally erected and
maintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased
or rented for profit in areas zoned industrial or manufacturing, just
compensation for said taking shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of article five of the eminent domain procedure law;
provided, however, section five hundred two of such law shall not be
applicable in any such proceeding.
2. Unless compensation therefor is provided pursuant to section
eighty-eight of the highway law, if any local law, ordinance or
resolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its
police power shall require the removal of any legally erected and
maintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased
or rented for profit, and which is located in an area or zone, other
than an industrial or manufacturing zone, the display shall be allowed
to remain in existence for the period of time set forth below after
giving notice of the removal requirement:
fair market value on date of minimum years
notice of removal requirement allowed
under $1,999 3
$2,000 to $3,999 4
$4,000 to $5,999 6
$6,000 to $7,999 7
$8,000 to $9,999 9
$10,000 and over 10
If the removal is required sooner than the amortization periods
specified herein, such removal by any local law, ordinance or resolution
adopted by the municipal corporation shall be with just compensation
being paid for such taking and removal determined in accordance with the
provisions of article five of the eminent domain procedure law or in
accordance with any table of values established by the state department
of transportation; provided however section five hundred two of the
eminent domain procedure law shall not be applicable to any such
proceeding.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, all amortization
periods under such laws, ordinances or resolutions shall commence not
earlier than January first, nineteen hundred ninety.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any city having a
population of one million or more.