[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Warwick 9-18-1995
by L.L. No. 4-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be entitled "Numbering of Buildings and Property
Law for the Village of Warwick."
This chapter is intended to establish and impose regulations requiring
the assignment and display of street address numbers of buildings and property
in the Village of Warwick in order to make the location of such property readily
identifiable to police, volunteer fire companies, paramedics and other emergency
agencies, or otherwise, of the Village of Warwick, other town and villages
of the County of Orange and agencies of the County of Orange in order to accomplish
the purposes as intended in the adoption, within the County of Orange, of
an Enhanced 911 System.
The Executive of the County of Orange, the Office of E-911 of the County
of Orange and/or the Planning Board and/or the Building Inspector shall have
authority to assign numbers to every parcel of real property within the Village
of Warwick as exists as of the effective date of this chapter. Numbers shall
be assigned to new parcels, created by subdivision or otherwise, by the Building
Inspector of the Village of Warwick. The owner or occupier of every parcel
of real property within the Village of Warwick as exists as of the effective
date of this chapter shall be notified, in writing, of the number assigned
to the parcel of real property. For this purpose, notice given prior to the
effective date of this chapter by the Executive of the County of Orange with
respect to any parcel of real property within the Village of Warwick, pursuant
to the adoption of numbers with respect to the Enhanced 911 System shall be
deemed notice for the purposes hereunder.
Each owner, agent of the owner or occupier of real property within the
Village of Warwick having received notice of the number assigned to his/her
parcel of real property shall, within 30 days after such notice or the effective
date of this chapter, whichever occurs last, be responsible for displaying
and maintaining the display of the number of said parcel of real property
in accordance with this chapter as follows:
A.
Commercial property (nonresidential). In the event that
the parcel contains one building with but one number for the parcel of real
property, such number shall be conspicuously displayed on the face of the
building, the face being the side facing the street of address, and shall
be readily readable from the street without the aid of any artificial lens
or lenses. In the event that the parcel contains more than one building and
more than one number is assigned to the parcel of real property, such numbers
shall be conspicuously displayed on the respective faces of each such building,
the face being the side containing the main entrance facing the street address
by the number displayed. If the number displayed shall be on a gate, post,
mailbox, fence or other appropriate structure (i.e., a sign), it must be within
20 feet of the road pavement of the street address and shall be readily readable
from that street without the aid of any artificial lens or lenses. Wherever
practical, said number shall be placed near some light or source of illumination
so that it may be readily seen at night.
B.
Residential property. On each parcel of improved residential
property, the number shall be conspicuously displayed on the face of the building,
the face being the side facing the street of address which it fronts, and
shall be readily readable from the street without the aid of any artificial
lens or lenses. The numbers of the building shall be conspicuously displayed
on the respective faces of each such building. If the number is displayed
on a gate, post, mailbox, fence or other appropriate structure (i.e., a sign),
it must be within 20 feet of the edge of the road pavement of the property.
The numbers shall be so placed that they will not be obstructed by trees,
shrubbery, porches or other extensions of the building. Wherever practicable,
said number shall be placed near some light or source of illumination so that
it may be readily seen at night. The display of any house number other than
the number assigned by the village is prohibited.
C.
Size of numbers. For residential, the displayed numbers
shall be four inches in height. For commercial, the displayed numbers shall
be no less than six inches nor more than 12 inches in height.
D.
The displayed numbers shall be block Arabic numerals.
E.
The color of the displayed number must contrast with
its background color.
Any owner, agent of the owner or occupier of real property within the
Village of Warwick who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $50.
Each day on which such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Building Inspector, Code Enforcement
Officer or any police officer of the Village of Warwick.
