[Amended 2-27-1979; 5-10-2005; 10-7-2019]
The Director of the Department of Community Development may, at the Director's discretion, without notice, assign to each building, other than an accessory building, or any part of a building or to each lot or any part of a lot within the Town limits a number or numbers by which it shall be known and may, from time to time, alter such number or numbers and renumber such buildings, parts of building, lots and parts of lots within the Town limits. It shall be the duty of the Director, whenever hereafter a new street or highway is accepted, to assign to the land abutting on such street or highway numbers at such measured intervals or distance as, in the opinion of the Director, the public interests shall require.
[Amended 2-27-1979; 5-10-2005]
A. 
Whenever any owner or owners of any lot or any part of a lot shall hereafter construct any building or buildings upon said lot or part thereof, it shall be the duty of such owners to inquire of the Director of Community Development as to the number or numbers assigned to such lot or such part thereof or to the building or any part thereof and thereafter to affix such number or numbers to said building within 30 days of the issuance of any certificate of occupancy for such building or any part thereof and to otherwise comply with the provisions of § 155-3.
[Amended 10-7-2019]
B. 
Whenever the Director of the Department of Community Development, acting in accordance with § 155-1, shall have assigned numbers to or shall have renumbered any building or part thereof existing on the effective date of this section, the Director shall forthwith send to the owner or owners of such building a written statement and notice informing the owner or owners of such numbering or renumbering and directing the owner or owners to affix to such building or part thereof numerals indicating the number or numbers thereto assigned, and it shall become the duty of the owner or owners to affix said numerals within 30 days after the sending of such notice.
C. 
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of each building existing on the effective date of this section, without prior notice, to affix numerals indicating the street identification number or numbers previously assigned to such building by the Town or, if there is no record of such an assignment, the street identification number or numbers which has or have been customarily used for such building.
[Amended 2-27-1979]
A. 
Numerals used to indicate the street identification of buildings shall be located on the exterior of the building or part of the building which they identify. Such numerals shall be at least four inches in height and shall be of a color contrasting with the color of the background provided by the material to which they are affixed. When affixed, they shall be positioned not less than four feet nor more than 12 feet from the surface of the ground directly below them. The location and size of such numerals shall be sufficient to assure their legibility when the building or part of the building to which they are affixed and which they identify is viewed as follows:
(1) 
If it fronts on a street or a private road, from one or more points which lie along the center line of such street or private road and which are also perpendicular to said building or part of said building.
(2) 
If it does not front on a street or a private road, from one or more points perpendicular from and at a distance of 100 feet from a main entrance of such building or part of such building.
B. 
For buildings containing more than two dwelling units, stores, offices or any combinations thereof which have entrances from interior passageways, numerals for such dwelling units, stores or offices shall be affixed within five feet of every exterior door of the building by which the building may be entered and from which access of such dwelling units, stores or offices may be gained. Otherwise the specifications and locations for such numerals shall be as for other buildings.
C. 
If a building fronting on a street or private road is set back more than 100 feet from the center line of such street or private road or if any numerals affixed to such a building in accordance with Subsection A cannot be made legible from such center line because of an obstruction, the aforesaid numerals shall also be affixed to a post, sign, mailbox or other device which shall be located within 10 feet of the driveway entrance which provides the closest vehicular access to the building or part of the building to which the numerals have been assigned. Such numerals shall be at least two inches in height, shall be of a color contrasting with the color of any background provided by any material to which they are affixed and shall be positioned not less than four feet nor more than 12 feet from the surface of the ground directly below them. In any instance where more than one set of numerals have been assigned to a given building, then the requirements of this Subsection C, when applicable, shall be in addition to those of Subsections A and B, but where only one set of numerals has been assigned to a given building, requirements of this subsection shall, when applicable, be in lieu of all the requirements of Subsection A.
D. 
Where any building fronts on a private road, whenever the owner or owners of such building have the right or privilege to do so, they shall also place the numerals assigned to said building or any part thereof on a post, sign or other suitable device located within 10 feet of the intersection of said private road with the nearest street. Where any building is so located as not to front on either a street or private road, whenever the owner or owners of such building have the right or privilege to do so, they shall also place the numerals assigned to said building or any part thereof on a post, sign or other suitable device located within 10 feet of the driveway entrance located on a street and providing vehicular access to said building or, if there is more than one such driveway entrance, then within 10 feet of that driveway entrance closest to the building or the part of the building to which said numerals have been assigned. Said numerals shall be at least two inches in height, shall be of a color contrasting with the color of any background provided by any material to which they are affixed and shall be positioned not less than four feet nor more than 12 feet from the surface of the ground directly below them.
E. 
In any situation where the owner or owners of any building are required to affix numerals assigned to such building or any part thereof to a sign or other suitable device under this section within 10 feet of any street but have no right or privilege to place or install such post, sign or other device upon the land where it is to be installed, the Director of the Department of Community Development may, in the Director's discretion, cause to be installed such post, sign or other device as shall be appropriate for purposes of displaying said numerals, within the boundary of such street, to be used for the purposes of displaying such numerals.
[Amended 5-10-2005; 10-7-2019]
[Added 6-8-2021]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish guidelines and formalize procedures for the honorary and historic renaming of a public street. The Town Plan and Zoning Commission is designated as the public street naming authority for the Town of West Hartford.
B. 
Procedure. Any person may submit an application to the Commission for the honorary and historic renaming of a public street. Such application shall be made on a form prescribed by the Town Manager or his or her designee and such form shall be signed by no fewer than 100 electors of the Town. In connection with an application to rename a public street, the Commission shall hold a public hearing and make such investigation as it may deem necessary. The Town Planner shall give notice of the application and the date of the public hearing by sending, by certificate of mailing, a copy of the application to the owners of all property with frontage along the street to be renamed. In making its investigation, the Commission, at its discretion, may refer the application to such groups or persons as it deems necessary for guidance on the historic connection and significance of the proposed name. The Commission may approve such application and rename a public street by a vote of not less than a two-thirds majority vote of its members. All applications approved by the Commission shall be submitted by the Town Clerk to the Council at its next scheduled meeting for consideration. Any such name disapproved by a majority of the members of the Council shall be void. Unless the Council disapproves such name at its next following regular meeting or postpones consideration of such matter to a later date and time, the Town Clerk shall publish notice of such name in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town. Such name shall take effect on the seventh day following said publication. If a public street is renamed, no application shall be accepted to rename such public street for five years after such name takes effect. If the Commission or the Council disapproves an application to rename a public street, no application shall be accepted to rename such public street for one year following such disapproval.
C. 
Standards. No application shall be made to rename a street in honor of a living person and no application shall include an existing street name or name phonetically similar to any existing street name in use. In reviewing an application to rename a public street, the Commission shall consider, but not be limited to, the following factors in making a determination:
(1) 
Whether the proposed name endangers public safety;
(2) 
The historic connection and significance of the proposed name to the Town; and
(3) 
Any objections or concerns raised by property owners with frontage along the street to be renamed.
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Editor's Note: Former § 155-4, Removal or covering required; penalties for offenses, as amended, was repealed 10-27-1998.