[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Totowa as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-4-1907 by Ord. No. 26 (Ch.
90, Art. I, of the 1974 Code)]
The now-existing streets, avenues and roads
lying in and running through the Borough and all streets, avenues
and roads hereafter opened and laid out in said Borough shall bear
and hereafter be known and designated by the names by which they are
known and designated on the Assessor's Map of the Borough.
[Amended 11-12-1974 by Ord. No. 1027]
All houses and other buildings on said streets,
avenues and roads shall be properly numbered. On all streets, avenues
and roads running in a north and south direction, the numbers shall
run from south to north and the even numbers shall be on the east
side of such street, avenue or road and the uneven numbers on the
west side thereof. On all streets, avenues and roads running in an
east and west direction, except Totowa Road, the numbers shall commence
at the east end thereof, with the even numbers of the north side of
such street, avenue or road and the uneven numbers on the south side
thereof.
In numbering said houses and other buildings,
there shall be allowed 25 feet frontage on each of said streets, avenues
and roads for a number, except where the land fronting on any of said
streets, avenues and roads has been or shall hereafter be laid out
in building lots of less than 25 feet of frontage each. In all such
cases a number shall be allowed for each 20 feet of frontage.
The Assessor's Map of the Borough shall be altered
and amended so that the number of any house or building in said Borough
may be ascertained therefrom.
The names of all streets shall be posted in
a conspicuous place on corners of all streets, avenues and roads in
the Borough.
[Amended 11-12-1974 by Ord. No. 1027]
The owner or occupant of every house or building
in said Borough shall be notified in writing by the Assessor of the
proper number of such house or building.
[Adopted 3-20-1973 by Ord. No. 1002 (Ch.
90, Art. II, of the 1974 Code)]
It shall be the duty of every owner of a building
in the Borough of Totowa to cause to be displayed the street number
of said building and at all times to maintain such number. The figure
or figures comprising said number shall be plainly legible from the
center of the street at all times between sunrise and sunset, and
shall be located on or in front of the said building. The color of
said numbers shall be in sharp contrast to the color of the background.
