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“Oh my God, there’s a huge, blazing fire behind me but this sandwich board is in my way, I shall surely perish!”
Thanks to the NYC Environmental Control Board you will never find yourself in this situation. Your tax dollars are hard at work fining small businesses for placing a sandwich board in front for a little advertising.
Mule, a coffee/wine shop in Park Slope was hit with a $100 fine for having a sandwich board on the sidewalk.
As you can see by the measurements, 7′ is apparently subjective. At least to the woman writing the ticket.
Did somebody say something about a quota? This seems a little knit-picky to us. Is the city so worried about its revenue stream that it will openly fine small business for sandwich signs in front of their business?
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3 Comments
1. charlie
2. James
3. br
Want a neat little picture by your comments? Get one here.so what’s the rule? they can’t have the sign out more than 7′ in front of the store>
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 1:26 pm | Permalink
Apparently. More than 7′ and it’s a fire hazard or something.
Ruling a sandwich board a fire hazard sort of reminds me of the Mitch Hedberg line, “”If you are flamable, and have legs, you are never a fire-hazard…”
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 1:42 pm | Permalink
jesus, this city really makes it impossible for a small business owner to survive. it’s hard enough to just get a restaurant/bar/coffee shop/etc up and running. after people have gone through hoops to get a place open they get to look forward to the city slapping them with bullshit like this. what a joke.
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 2:33 pm | Permalink
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