§ 4-06 Vanity Address Specifications.
RCNY § 4-06
(a)Specifications. All vanity addresses must be at least five (5) inches in height and may be metal, metal foil, glass, plastic, wood or paint in make-up; where such house numbers are displayed in paint, such numbers must be an even and uniform 5/8".
(b)Location. All vanity addresses must be located at any of the following locations: (1) On the front wall of the building within two (2) feet of the knob side of the door and not less than four (4) feet from the bottom of the wall, nor at a height greater than the height of the door; or (2) On the front wall of the building above the door, at the center line of the opening and within two (2) feet of the height of the door. All transoms will be considered part of the building wall for purposes of these rules; or (3) Where an entrance door is recessed in excess of three (3) feet from the building line, the vanity address must be placed on the front wall of the building nearest the front entrance in accordance with either subdivision (b) or paragraph (2) above; [and] or (4) On the front wall of the building adjacent to the entrance doors; and (5) Such other locations on the front of the building as may be approved by the Office of the Queens Borough President.
(6)For purposes of this subdivision, the term "front" means the side of the building which faces the street on which numbers have been assigned.
(c)Responsibility for display and illumination. All owners, agents, or other persons in charge of buildings to which vanity addresses have been assigned by the Queens Borough President's Office are responsible for the display of such addresses in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter, so that they may at all times be plainly legible from the sidewalk in front of such buildings. When necessary to ensure visibility, proper illumination must be provided for all address signage required by this subchapter.
(d)Penalties for violations. Failure to comply with these rules and those sections of the Administrative Code applicable to them within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of violation will subject the owner, agent or other person in charge of any building to the penalties provided for in the Administrative Code, including possible revocation by the Queens Borough President's Office of the right to use a vanity address.
