[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Gates 12-5-1993
by L.L. No. 3-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 70.
This chapter shall be known as the "House and Building Number Law of
the Town of Gates."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide emergency personnel in the
Town of Gates, such as police, fire and ambulance, with the most expeditious
manner of identification of houses, commercial properties, commercial buildings
and other buildings within the Town of Gates in order to allow them to quickly
and accurately respond to the proper address.
A.
Regulations regarding house and building numbering shall
be as follows:
(1)
Address numbers shall at all times be affixed and mounted
in a secure fashion to the building's front wall (facing the public or private
street), entryway from a public street or main path of travel leading to the
main entrance from a public street. Such numbers shall be no less than four
inches in height and shall be Arabic in format and style. Script or Roman
numerals shall not be considered to be in compliance with this chapter and
must be removed. In residential zoning districts, the numerals shall be a
maximum of eight inches in height. In other zoning districts, the maximum
size of the numeral shall comply with the requirements for signage.
(2)
Address numbers in nonresidential zoning districts may
also be mounted on a post in the front of the main parking lot or the main
street right-of-way, said post being outside the street right-of-way but no
further than 25 feet from said right-of-way.
(3)
All address numbers shall be mounted at a height of not
less than four feet and not more than 10 feet above grade. The numbers shall
be mounted against a contrasting background arranged so that the numbers are
legible from the center of the road.
(4)
In all cases, address numbers shall be clearly visible
at all times from the public or private street on which the property is located.
(5)
The view of said address numbers from the public or private
street shall not be obstructed by trees, shrubs, structures or other objects.
(6)
Where the building upon which the number is to be displayed
is more than 150 feet from the edge of the right-of-way, whether improved
or not, of the street or road serving the building, the number shall, in addition
to the other requirement of this chapter, be displayed on a sign clearly visible
from the road or street and in no event further back than 25 feet from said
road or street right-of-way.
B.
Builders and developers of new structures may post a temporary weather-resistant sign on the site displaying the assigned street address. The posting shall otherwise be in accordance with Subsection A above. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued if said numbers are not so installed.
C.
Where a group of structures or buildings carry the same address, the posting of the address number at the principal entry point to the complex, being visible as required in Subsection A above, shall be considered in compliance.
D.
All existing structures shall comply with the requirement
of this chapter by July 1, 1994. All structures completed and/or occupied
subsequent to the effective date of this chapter shall comply immediately.
The Zoning Code Enforcement Officer, Building Inspector and Fire Marshal
of the Town of Gates are hereby declared to be responsible for the enforcement
of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or anyone acting
on behalf of said person, firm or corporation to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter relating to the posting and continuation of the numbering
system of the numbers on said buildings. Any structure not displaying the
numbers as set forth in this chapter shall be considered in violation of this
chapter.
[Amended 9-7-1999 by L.L.
No. 2-1999]
Any person, firm or corporation violating or permitting the violation
of any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each week of continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.
