N.Y. PAR Law § 13.07

§ 13.07 Signs and advertising structures restricted. 1. In order to\nconserve the natural beauty of and the investment of the state in state\nparks and parkways by preserving and regulating them for public uses,\nfor the resort of the public for recreation, transportation, pleasure,\nair, light and enjoyment by keeping them in good order for the welfare\nof society, and to prevent the unrestricted use of signs and advertising\nstructures and devices immediately adjacent to them, no person shall\nerect or maintain within five hundred feet of the border of any state\npark or parkway any advertising sign or advertising structures or\ndevices of any kind, except under written permit from the office or\nstate agency charged with responsibility for the maintenance of such\npark or parkway. The provisions of this section shall not apply to signs\nerected or maintained upon property in connection with a business\nconducted thereon, provided that such signs have an area of not more\nthan twenty-four square feet, do not extend more than fifteen feet above\nthe ground level, and are placed on the fronts of buildings.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall apply to all parkways\nconstructed within the limits of a city with state funds or federal\nhighway aid. In the event that jurisdiction is transferred pursuant to\nlaw from the office or state agency to a municipal park commission or\ndepartment, the provisions of this section shall remain effective as to\nsuch parkways, and shall thereafter be enforced by the local park\ncommissioner, commission or public authority to whom the jurisdiction is\ntransferred.\n 3. In addition to any fine or penalty provided by this chapter, the\nattorney-general may institute any proper action, suit or proceeding to\nprevent, restrain, correct or abate a violation of this section or to\ncause the removal of any sign, advertising structure or device erected\nor maintained in violation of the provisions of this section.\n