§ 2-04 Canopies.
RCNY § 2-04
(a)Permit required. No person shall erect or maintain a canopy over the sidewalk without obtaining a permit from the Commissioner. The canopy shall be adequate for public safety and convenience and shall respect the special circumstances of the particular site or street and shall not detract from public use of the sidewalk. Canopy permits may be issued for the entrance to a building, or place of business within a building.
(b)Permit fees.
(1)The fee for the issuance of a canopy permit shall be $50 per year.
(2)The fee for the issuance of a canopy permit in connection with a sidewalk cafe license shall be $25.
(c)Conditions.
(3)Canopy design and construction shall be in accordance with Standard Detail Drawing #H-1029.
(4)Owners shall be responsible for the removal of a canopy within ten days when so directed by the Commissioner for necessary street construction.
(5)Advertising on a canopy is prohibited. The house or street number and/or firm name or filed trade name may appear on a canopy as prescribed by the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York. However, descriptive words contained in the firm name or filed trade name tending to advertise the business conducted on the premises are prohibited. Lettering may include logo art for the purpose of business identification only.
(6)All canopy permits shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the entrance for which the permit is issued.
(d)Maintenance.
(e)Permit expiration, renewal and transferability.
(f)Placement of canopies. The following categories of restricted streets are established: (1) Fully Restricted Streets. No canopy may be erected or maintained on the below listed streets: (i) Borough of Manhattan: (A) Fifth Avenue: West 34th Street to West 59th Street (B) Sixth Avenue: West 34th Street to West 59th Street (C) 34th Street: West side of Fifth Avenue to East side of Eighth Avenue (D) 42nd Street: East side of Eighth Avenue to West side of Third Avenue (E) Seventh Avenue: South side of 33rd Street to North side of 34th Street (F) Broadway: Chambers Street to Battery Place (G) Whitehall Street: Beaver Street to Water Street (H) Wall Street: Broadway to South Street (I) Broad Street: Wall Street to Water Street (J) Sixth Avenue: West 4th Street to West 8th Street (K) West 8th Street: Sixth Avenue to Fifth Avenue (L) East 8th Street: Fifth Avenue to Fourth Avenue (M) Astor Place: Broadway to 3rd Avenue (N) St. Mark's Place: 3rd Avenue to 2nd Avenue (O) 72nd Street: Broadway/Amsterdam Avenue to Columbus Avenue (2) Partially Restricted Streets. The erection or maintenance of canopies on the streets listed below is limited to one building entrance only, except that hotels and apartment houses may erect and maintain canopies over all their entrances and restaurants may erect and maintain a canopy over one entrance separate and distinct from the building entrance, if any.
(i)Borough of Manhattan (A) Fifth Avenue: West 12th Street to West 34th Street (B) Madison Avenue: East 23rd Street to East 96th Street (C) Park Avenue: East 46th Street to East 60th Street (D) 43rd Street to 60th Street: Sixth Avenue to Lexington Avenue (E) Riverside Drive: George Washington Bridge to West 135th Street (F) Morningside Avenue: West 116th Street to West 125th Street (G) Central Park West: West 60th Street to West 75th Street (H) South Street Seaport (I) Nassau Street Mall (ii) Borough of Brooklyn (A) Ocean Parkway: Belt Parkway to Prospect Park (B) Ocean Avenue: Flatbush Avenue to Avenue Z (C) Plaza Street: Eastern Parkway to Prospect Park West (D) Eastern Parkway: Plaza Street to Ralph Avenue (E) Fulton Street Mall (F) Stuyvesant Avenue: Fulton Street to Madison Avenue (G) Kings Highway: Bay Parkway to Rockaway Parkway (iii) Borough of the Bronx (A) Grand Concourse: 158 Street to 179 Street (B) Pelham Parkway: Cruger Avenue to Hutchinson River Parkway (iv) Borough of Queens (A) Jamaica Avenue: 168 Street to Cross Island Parkway (B) Hillside Avenue: 179 Street to the City Line (v) Borough of Richmond (A) Hylan Boulevard: Fingerboard Road to Tysens Lane (B) Victory Boulevard: Bay Street to Willowbrook Road (C) Richmond Avenue: Richmond Terrace to Forest Avenue (D) New Dorp Lane: Richmond Road to Hylan Boulevard (g) Design criteria.
(ii)Height. The bottom of any portion of the canopy covering shall not be less than eight feet above the sidewalk and the top of any portion of the canopy covering shall not exceed 12 feet above the sidewalk, unless authorized in writing by the Commissioner.
(iii)Length. The canopy shall extend from the building line to within a minimum of eighteen inches and a maximum of twenty-four inches from the face of the curb line.
(7)Supporting framework shall be constructed of metal members.
(h)Application.
(iv)Consent of the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the erection of a canopy in a designated landmark historic district or attached to a building that has Landmark's historic designation.
(v)[Reserved.] (2) Permit requirements. All permits are subject to applicable provisions contained in 34 RCNY § 2-02.
(j)Miscellaneous. No attachments of any kind or in any manner are permitted on a canopy, including, but not limited to: (1) Temporary or permanent signs (2) Balloons (3) Streamers (4) Flags (5) Banners (6) Pennants (Amended City Record 7/8/2016, eff. 8/7/2016)
