* § 397-b. Digital billboards. 1. All residential and commercial property within fifteen hundred feet of a building used as Mitchell-Lama housing with no fewer than ten thousand units within a city with a population of one million or more shall be prohibited from operating a digital billboard or other type of billboard or sign that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights.
- 2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a one or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images using light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.
- 3. Any municipality with property described under subdivision one of this section may, by local law, expressly restrict or prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage within fifteen hundred feet of residential property.
- 4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five thousand dollars for all subsequent violations. * NB Effective February 20, 2024