[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Kent 8-1-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building administration and construction — See Ch. 27.
The Town of Kent hereby adopts a uniform system
of street names and property numbering for the purpose of assigning
street addresses to all developed properties in the Town.
A.
The following numbering conventions are adopted in
order to implement the uniform property numbering system:
(3)
Local (land service) roads. Numbers start at a main
or collector road and increase in any direction from such road.
(4)
Odd/even convention.
(a)
Generally, odd numbers are used on the west
and south sides of any road.
(b)
Generally, even numbers are used on the east
and north sides of any road.
(c)
When the above generalizations are in conflict,
such as when a road runs in two directions, e.g., east then north,
northwest or loops, convention is to make a judgment based upon the
longest segment of the road.
A.
The Putnam County base map entitled "Town of Kent.
Putnam County, New York," dated September 1985, prepared by the Putnam
County Division of Planning, is hereby adopted in order to set forth
the correct street names for implementing this chapter.
B.
No new streets shall be accepted by the Town until
such street shall be identified by name. If new streets are extensions
of existing streets, the name of such existing streets shall be attached
to such extension. If a new street is not an extension of an existing
street, then the name by which the new street is designated shall
not be identical to, nor bear any similarity to, or conflict with
the names of any existing street as shown on said map, amendment or
modification thereof.
The following specifications, standards and
requirements in connection with the numbering of properties and principal
buildings are hereby adopted:
A.
All developed properties or parcels of land within
the area as shown on the above-mentioned map shall hereafter be identified
(for street locations purposes) by reference to the uniform numbering
system adopted herein. All existing numbers of property and buildings
not now in conformity with the provisions of this chapter shall be
changed to conform to the system herein adopted within three months
after the adoption of this chapter.
B.
Each principal building shall bear the number assigned
to the street frontage on which the front entrance is located. In
case a principal building is occupied by more than one business or
family dwelling unit, the entrance to each separate use of such principal
building shall bear a separate number.
C.
Numerals indicating the official numbers for each
principal building or for each separate entrance as specified above
shall be posted in a manner as to be visible from the street on which
the property is located. Whenever any building is situated more than
50 feet from the street line, the official number shall be affixed
to a gate post, fence, tree, post or other appropriate place so as
to be easily discernible from the street line and so as to show clearly,
if not otherwise evident, which is the driveway for the property.
The numbers shall not be less than three inches in height and shall
be made of a durable and clearly visible material.
D.
The official numerals shall be placed on new buildings
by the owner or agent within 30 days after notice to the owner or
agent of number assigned.
E.
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued for
new buildings unless this chapter is complied with.
The Building Inspector shall enforce the provisions
of this chapter and shall keep a record of all numbers assigned.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not
to exceed $100. Each weeks' continued violation shall constitute a
separate, additional violation as provided in the Penal Law of the
State of New York.
