[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Montville by Ord. No. 1308 as Ch. 15.08 of the 1998 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
All dwelling houses, stores or other buildings
erected within the Township of Montville shall be numbered in conformity
with the street numbers on the Tax Maps of the Township of Montville
filed in the office of the Tax Assessor of the Township.
Street numbers shall be assigned, placed on
the Tax Maps and allotted to the owners of land by the Township Tax
Assessor or such other person as may be designated from time to time
by resolution of the Township Committee. When said allotment takes
place, said numbers shall be placed upon the official Tax Map of the
Township of Montville, and thereafter all persons shall take due notice
thereof and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. The
Township Assessor or such other person as may be designated shall
also have the power and duty of correcting any errors with respect
to assignment and allotment of said street numbers as and when they
are discovered.
Upon application by the owner or occupant of
land to the Tax Assessor, he shall furnish the correct street number
thereto assigned.
Upon any subdivision or resubdivision of land
in the Township resulting in a lot or lots other than those delineated
on said map, the Township Assessor shall assign a number to each lot
resulting from the subdivision or resubdivision, which shall be in
proper numerical sequence in relation to the number assigned to other
lots fronting on the same street, and he shall record the same upon
the said map.
The number so assigned to each building shall
be displayed by the owner or occupant on the front of the building
or in the front yard of the lot in clearly visible numerals not less
than three inches in height and so located as to be clearly visible
to persons passing by the premises on the abutting street.
No certificate of compliance shall be issued
for occupancy of any building hereafter erected or enlarged unless
the provisions of the foregoing section shall have been complied with.
[Amended 2-28-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-09]
The occupant or owner of any building who shall not comply with the provisions of § 112-5 of this chapter within three months after notice of the number assigned to such building shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to such penalties as are provided for in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty.
