The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote public safety and convenience
through the provision of a rational street numbering system whereby addresses
may be identified with ease and speed, which is essential to the quick response
of emergency services such as firefighting, police and emergency medical care.
The Town Engineer may, at his/her discretion and without notice, assign
to each building, or part of a building other than an accessory building,
a street identification number by which such building shall be known and may
change such numbers and renumber such buildings or parts of buildings. It
shall be the duty of the Town Engineer, whenever hereafter a new street or
highway is laid out, to assign to the land abutting on such street or highway
numbers at such measured intervals or distances as in the opinion of the Town
Engineer the public interests shall require, and when buildings fronting thereon
are completed for occupancy, the owners thereof shall affix such numbers to
their buildings.
Whoever shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this chapter for more than 30 days after notice, as required in §
176-3, shall be fined $5 for each and every day of such refusal or neglect. It shall be the duty of the Town Engineer to report to the Town Attorney any case of such refusal or neglect at the end of 30 days after the issuance of the notice as provided in §
176-3.