[Ord. No. 856, 4-11-2006]
A. All
houses and buildings fronting on public streets in the City of New
Haven shall be numbered and shall be numbered in accordance with the
master plan of numbering submitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and approved by the Board of Aldermen, which master plan of numbering
shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
B. Address
numbers shall be a minimum of four (4) inches in height and shall
be located either near a building's main entrance, above the garage
door or on a surface that is easily visible from the street of address.
Additional displays of assigned numbers may be displayed at the property
owner's discretion. Assigned numbers shall be displayed with Arabic
numerals in a color that contrasts with the color of the subject house
or building. Address displays in script are prohibited. Houses or
buildings that are set back more than one hundred (100) feet from
a street's curb shall be required to display address numbers within
fifty (50) feet of the street curb on a surface that is easily visible
from the street of address.
C. Any
contractor or builder in charge of the greater part of the work of
erecting any house or building in the City of New Haven shall report
the location thereof to the Building Commissioner and procure a certificate
of the number to be placed thereon and shall cause said number to
be placed on said house or building; or may deliver said certificate
to the owner who shall cause said number to be placed thereon in cases
where said owner is a resident of the City of New Haven.
D. The
responsibility for the displaying of the assigned number for each
existing house and building in the City, as of the effective date
of this Section, shall rest with the property owner, trustee, lessee,
agent or occupant of each house or building.
E. Any
person who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this
Section or who shall number or attempt to number any house or building
other than in conformity with this Section or who shall fail to change
his/her number, if wrong, within sixty (60) days of the effective
date of this Section and thereafter within thirty (30) days after
being notified in writing to do so by the Chief of Police shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subjected to a fine of not less
than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).