§ 57A-23. Amortization period., Chapter 57A. Signs, Land Use Legislation, Code of Ordinances, Brookhaven

Except as otherwise provided in § 57A-23, any sign in existence at the date of adoption of this chapter which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter shall be discontinued and removed on or before December 31, 2015, and the failure to discontinue or remove such nonconforming sign on or before the aforesaid date shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter. All legal nonconforming signs in the Town of Brookhaven at the time of the adoption of this chapter may be maintained until December 31, 2015, but if any change, modification, structural repair or replacement thereof is hereafter made, such sign shall thereafter conform to the provisions of this chapter, provided that a legal nonconforming sign may not be replaced by another nonconforming sign. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit a sign to remain during the amortization period which does not have a valid sign permit, certificate of occupancy or its equivalent.

Extension of amortization period. In the event that the dismantling and removal of any sign on or before December 31, 2015, shall work an unreasonable hardship upon the owner thereof, said owner may make application to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a reasonable extension(s) of time, not beyond December 31, 2016, during which said sign may be maintained at its present location.

Exemption: existing signs erected which are located above line of sound walls along the Long Island Expressway, and wherein the removal and lowering of said sign would completely obstruct the sign.

Editor's Note: This local law also renumbered former § 57A-23 as § 57A-24.