[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Woodbury 8-12-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
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 Woodbury in order
to make the location of such property readily identifiable to police,
volunteer fire companies, paramedics and other emergency agencies,
volunteer or otherwise, of the Village of Woodbury, Town of Woodbury,
other towns 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 Code Enforcement Officer shall have authority to assign numbers
to every parcel of real property within the Village of Woodbury. Numbers
shall be assigned to new parcels, created by subdivision or otherwise,
by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Woodbury. The owner
or occupier of every parcel of real property within the Village of
Woodbury shall be notified, in writing, of the number assigned to
the parcel of real property. For this purpose, notice given by the
Executive of the County of Orange with respect to any parcel of real
property within the Village of Woodbury pursuant to the adoption of
numbers with respect to the Enhanced 911 System shall be deemed notice
for the purposes hereunder.
Each owner, agent or the owner or occupier of
real property within the Village of Woodbury having received notice
of the number assigned to their parcel of real property shall 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 assigned
to it, the number of the parcel of real property 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 that 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, the numbers of the parcel of real property
shall be conspicuously displayed on the respective faces of each such
building, the face being the side containing the main entrance facing
the street of address, shall be on a gate, post, mailbox, fence or
other appropriate structure (i.e., a sign) within 20 feet of the road
pavement of the street of address and shall be readily readable from
that street without the aid of any artificial lens or lenses. Wherever
practicable, 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 so 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 display numbers
shall be no less than eight inches but no more than 12 inches in height.
D.
The displayed numbers shall be block arabic numbers.
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 Woodbury 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 Code Enforcement
Officer or any police officer of the Village of Woodbury.
