The purpose of this chapter shall be to require the clear display of
house numbers from public streets for all properties that contain principal
buildings within the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson in order to assist the
general public or the authorities in identifying any property in case of an
emergency, as well as for the welfare of the general public in conducting
its normal affairs.
This chapter shall apply to all properties within the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
that contain a principal building thereon, whether or not said building is
occupied. Such premises shall bear and display at least one set of house numbers,
which shall be assigned by the Building Inspector. Buildings facing two or
more public roadways shall be required to display auxiliary numbers, if necessary,
to pass the visibility test (as hereinafter set forth) when viewed from those
points in the center line of the public roadway opposite those points where
regularly used pedestrian or vehicular passageways enter the public roadway.
In order to comply with this chapter, house numbers shall be Arabic
in design, shall have a minimum height of three inches and shall be mounted
in a secure fashion to the building's front wall or to a porch or other
fixed appurtenance in front of the building in the general vicinity of the
main entryway or main path of travel which leads to the main entrance from
a public street, or otherwise separately mounted in an approved manner upon
the face of a wall or upon a post in the front yard of the premises. Auxiliary
numbers shall be mounted at a height between four feet and 10 feet above the
adjacent grade or exterior landing directly beneath but never higher than
15 feet above the adjoining grade. They shall be sufficiently legible as to
contrasting background, arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity of integers
so that the numbers may be read with ease during the daylight hours by a person
possessing at least 20/40 vision as he views the numbers from the center line
of the facing street and at an elevation of five feet above the finished surface
thereof. The numbers shall be so placed that trees, shrubs or other obstructions
do not block the line of the numbers from the center of the street to any
appreciable degree.
Existing numbers used or premises which essentially comply with numbers
officially assigned by the Building Inspector, at least to the extent that
such number or numbers are in logical sequence with the number or numbers
assigned to properties on either side which are located on the same side of
the street, shall be considered as bearing the correct number or numbers for
the purposes of this chapter. Existing installations which essentially meet
the requirements and/or spirit of these regulations, including numbers presently
on or attached to a mailbox, may be granted approval by the Building Inspector
without further alteration.
The absence of house numbers or the insecure fastening or absence of
any integer thereof, or the use of any number out of logical sequence for
the street toward which it faces, or the failure of a number to meet the elevation
requirement or the visibility requirements shall be considered as a violation
of this chapter. Failure on the part of the property owner to comply with
the provisions of this chapter within a period of 15 days from the date of
issuance of a notice of violation shall be sufficient cause for the Village
Building Inspector to proceed with carrying out the provisions of this chapter
and assess any costs incurred to the property owner concerned, with a minimum
charge of $20 for each property in violation.
The final authority for determining and assigning the number or numbers
to be used upon any particular property shall be the Building Inspector of
the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.