[Adopted 6-26-1986, effective 7-17-1986]
The purpose of this article is to promote public
safety and convenience by requiring visible street numbering in order
that addresses may be identified from Town highways and other streets
and roads to ease and speed essential emergency services such as fire
fighting, police, and emergency medical care.
Pursuant to C.G.S. § 7-148, the Town
shall assign street numbers to all property and structures fronting
on any highway, street or road within the Town and may change numbers
if necessary to have a more orderly numbering system. When new streets
or roads are laid out, the Town shall promptly assign numbers to each
property or structure on said street or road. The Town may assign
numbers to property on private streets or roads which have not been
accepted by the Town or which pass through private property. Such
assignment of numbers shall not be construed as acceptance by the
Town of such streets or road or any portion thereof.
Each owner, agent or occupant shall affix the
number assigned to said property to a structure on the property or
an object appurtenant to the property. All numbers, a minimum of three
inches in height, in contrasting color to the background, shall be
affixed so as to be visible from a highway, street, or road. Numbers
shall be affixed within 60 days of the effective date of this article.
