[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Greenwood Lake 7-10-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish and impose regulations
requiring the assignment and display of street address numbers of
buildings and property in the Village of Greenwood Lake 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 Greenwood Lake, 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
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 Greenwood Lake 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 Greenwood Lake. The owner or occupier of every parcel of real property
within the Village of Greenwood Lake as exists as of the effective
date of this chapter shall be notified, in writing, of the number
assigned to the parcel(s) 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 Greenwood Lake 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 Greenwood Lake 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,
the assigned 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, the assigned number 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, and 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 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. For parcels with more than one building,
the number of the building shall be conspicuously displayed on the
respective face 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 property, the displayed numbers
shall be at least four inches in height but not more than eight inches
in height. For commercial property, the displayed numbers shall be
not less than eight inches nor more than 12 inches in height.
D.
Displayed numbers. The displayed numbers shall be block Arabic numerals.
E.
Color. 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 Greenwood Lake 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 $250 or a term of imprisonment not to exceed
15 days, or both, for each offense. 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 Greenwood
Lake.
