People v. New York Central Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered in the Police Justice Court of the Village of Bronxville convicting the appellant of violating a section of the Village Building Zone Ordinance which purports to reguláte the location, size and use of advertising signboards in the business ■ zones of the village. In the areas of the village zoned for residential use the only advertising media permitted are: (1) a small professional name plate or sign incidental to the use of a residence by certain professional people (Building-Zone Ordinance, art. 3, § 1 [c]), and (2) a nonartificially…