[Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989]
The purpose of this article shall be to require
the clear display of house numbers from public streets for all properties
that contain principal buildings within the Village in order to assist
the general public or the authorities in identifying any property
in case of an emergency, as well as for the welfare of the general
public in conducting its normal affairs.
This article shall apply to all properties within
the Village that contain a principal building thereon, whether or
not said building is occupied. Such premises shall bear and display
at least one set of house numbers, which shall be assigned by the
Village Engineer. Buildings facing two or more public roadways shall
be required to display auxiliary numbers, if necessary, to pass the
visibility test (as hereinafter set forth) when viewed from those
points in the center line of the public roadway opposite those points
where regularly used pedestrian or vehicular passageways enter the
public roadway.
A.
In order to comply with this article, house numbers
shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of two inches
and shall be mounted in a secure fashion to the building's front wall
or to a porch or other fixed appurtenance in front of the building
in the general vicinity of the main entryway or main path of travel
which leads to the main entrance from a public street or otherwise
separately and securely mounted upon the face of a wall or upon a
post in the front yard of the premises.
B.
Auxiliary numbers shall be mounted at a height between
four feet and 10 feet above the adjacent grade or exterior landing
directly beneath but never higher than 15 feet above the adjoining
grade. They shall be sufficiently legible as to contrasting background,
arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity of integers so that the
numbers may be read with ease during the daylight hours by a person
possessing at least 20/40 vision as he views the numbers from the
center line of the facing street and at an elevation of five feet
above the finished surface thereof.
C.
The numbers shall be so placed that trees, shrubs
or other obstructions do not block the line of the numbers from the
center of the street to any appreciable degree.
Existing numbers used on premises which essentially
comply with numbers officially assigned by the Village Engineer, at
least to the extent that such number or numbers are in logical sequence
with number or numbers assigned to properties on either side which
are located on the same side of the street, shall be considered as
bearing the correct number or numbers for the purposes of this article.
Existing installations which essentially meet
the requirements and/or spirit of this article, including numbers
presently on or attached to a mailbox, shall be deemed to be in compliance
without further alteration.
The absence of house numbers or the insecure
fastening or absence of any integer thereof or the use of any number
out of logical sequence for the street toward which it faces or the
failure of a number to meet the elevation requirement or the visibility
requirements shall be considered as a violation of this article. Failure
on the part of the property owner to comply with the provisions of
this Article within a period of 15 days from the date of issuance
of a notice of violation shall be sufficient cause for the Village
Engineer to proceed with carrying out the provisions of this article
and assess any costs incurred to the property owner concerned, with
a minimum charge of $25 for each property in violation.
The final authority for determining and assigning
the number or numbers to be used upon any particular property shall
be the Village Engineer of the Village of Scarsdale, such authority
being delegated to the Village Engineer by the Board of Trustees pursuant
to § 4-412 of the Village Law.
