The City Engineer shall, from time to time,
as the convenience of the public may require and as the City Council
may direct, designate the numbers to be affixed to the buildings on
the several streets and squares in the City. In all the streets, the
odd numbers shall be on the right-hand side and the even numbers on
the left-hand side, in the progressive order of numbering, commencing
with the lowest number and proceeding therefrom with increasing numbers.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The numbering of Main Street shall commence
at Pol's corner, Broad Street at Taylor's corner, State Street at
the east side of Kenduskeag Stream, Hammond Street at the west side
of said stream, Harlow Street at Pearl Building and Park Street at
the Park Theatre. The numbering upon the streets connecting with Main,
Broad and Hammond Streets, except those crossing said streets, shall
commence at the end connecting with the above-named streets. The numbering
upon the streets leading from the Penobscot River and from the Kenduskeag
Stream shall commence at the end nearest the water, and upon all the
streets and squares not covered by the above rules, the numbering
shall commence wherever said City Engineer shall determine. Numbers
may be omitted for vacant lots and for spaces which may be built upon
hereafter.
The main entrance to every house or place of
business fronting the street shall be designated by a separate number.
In the residential part of the City, every lot
with a twenty-five-foot front shall be designated with a separate
number, and in the business portion, every lot with a twelve-and-one-half-foot
front shall be designated with a separate number.
The business part of the City is embraced in
the following limits: Main Street to Cedar Street, Broad Street, Front
Street, Water Street, Pickering Square, Haymarket Square, Mercantile
Square, West Market Square, East Market Square, Kenduskeag Bridge,
Short Street, Independent Street, Union Street from Main Street to
Front Street, Front Street, Railroad Street, Middle Street to Columbia
Street, Hodson Street, Cross Street, Columbia Street, Hammond Street
to Union Street, Franklin Street, Central Street, Harlow Street, Park
Street, State Street to French Street, Exchange Street, French Street
from State Street to Washington Street, Oak Street, York Street from
Exchange Street to Oak Street, Hancock Street to Washington Street
and Washington Street.
The City Engineer shall, by the measurement
of each street in the City, determine the correct number of every
house or place of business and shall keep the same on file in a convenient
manner for the reasonable use of the public at all times.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The City Engineer shall transmit to the owner
of every such building a notice and statement giving the name of the
street, the name of the owner, the name of the occupant and the number
or numbers of the building, together with instructions for procuring
and affixing the same. The owner of the property shall, within 60
days after receiving said notice from the City Engineer, cause to
be affixed to the main entrance of every house or place of business
fronting the street a metallic or other suitable number at least
three inches in height and situated so as to be plainly visible and
legible at all times from the street.
[Amended 9-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-339]
Any person who shall affix or suffer to be affixed
to or shall allow to remain upon any building a different number from
the one designated by the City Engineer, or any owner of any building
or property who, after receiving said notice from the City Engineer,
shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this article, shall
be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50 and a like penalty for
every day they shall neglect so to do after their first conviction.