Use of Scales or Measuring Devices in Stores and Markets in the City of New York.
6 RCNY § 3-24
in effect§ 3-24 Use of Scales or Measuring Devices in Stores and Markets in the City of New York.
(a) A hanging scale shall be suspended from a stationary support, so that the face or dial of the scale is in full view of the public.
(b) A hanging spring scale shall be so suspended that the top or inside of the plate, scoop or pan shall be in clear view of the public, no higher than 5 feet 6 inches and no lower than 4 feet 6 inches from the ground or floor.
(c) When the buyer and seller are on opposite sides of the counter, all scales, or other weighing or measuring devices used in the premises shall be so placed that they are between the buyer and seller and the dials or faces of such devices shall be in full view of the buyer.
(d) Counter spring scales, counter patent or counter computing scales shall be so placed or positioned that the dials or weight indicators shall be no more than 5 feet 6 inches and no less than 4 feet 6 inches from the ground or floor.
(e) No commodity, article, or thing shall be set, placed or displayed within 10 inches of all extremities of the scale, weighing or measuring device, and no part of any scale, weighing or measuring device used to weigh or measure any commodity shall be obstructed from the full and complete view of the public.
(f) (1) Wherever food or food products are packaged or wrapped for sale by a retailer in advance of being sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale or wherever meat, poultry or fish in containers are sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale, an accurate computing scale of adequate capacity shall be placed so as to be easily available to customers. This computing scale shall not be placed more than 30 feet from the pre-packaged display counter.
(2) A prominent and conspicuous sign or poster, legibly imprinted as below, shall be posted on or above the customer scale:
FOR CUSTOMER USE REWEIGH YOUR PURCHASES HERE
(3) In any case where the scale is more than 30 feet from the point where any such goods are displayed or offered for sale, a prominent and conspicuous sign or signs shall be posted within 30 feet of such point of display or offer in the following form:
REWEIGH YOUR PURCHASES AT THE CUSTOMER SCALE LOCATED AT ____________
(4) "Customer Scales" shall be color-striped in red in such a manner as to permit them to be readily located. The stripes shall be no less than one half inch nor more than two inches in width.
(5) The actual location of the "customer scale" must be accessible to the consumer.
(6) The requirements as to correctness, accuracy, location and other restrictions relating to weighing and measuring devices shall also apply to those devices described as "for customer use."
(7) A scale designated "for customer use" shall be maintained for the sole use of customers.
(g) (1) Where these prepackaged items are marked in decimals, an adequate equivalency chart shall be posted at the reweighing scale or measuring device in full view of the public.
(2) All "customer" computing scales required by subdivision (f) above must provide information for a price per pound capacity at least equal to two dollars per pound or to one half the highest price per pound actually charged for products covered by said subdivision (f), whichever is higher. In those cases where the information included on the scale does not meet this requirement, a supplemental cover or chart must be provided to supply this information.
(3) Equivalency weight charts and covers or charts shall be imprinted with letters and numerals that are easily readable.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-18355Fetched: 10/24/2026