[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of East Hampton 12-12-1995
(Ord. No. 5.05). Amendments noted where applicable.]
To promote the public safety, health and welfare, particularly to facilitate
the delivery of fire protection, police, ambulance, and postal services to
its townspeople, the Town of East Hampton adopts the following regulations
to govern the posting of address identifying numbers on buildings within the
Town.
All residential, business, or other principal buildings erected or to
be erected within the Town of East Hampton shall display address identifying
numbers, as assigned by the Town of East Hampton, in conformance with the
specifications provided herein.
A.
Numbers shall be securely affixed to the front of the
building or other fixed appurtenance in front of the building, so as to be
clearly visible from the street.
B.
Numbers shall be affixed not less than five feet, nor
more than 12 feet, above the surface directly below them.
C.
A building which is set back more than 100 feet from
the center of the street on which it fronts, or if numerals cannot be made
legible from that location because of obstructions, shall have the aforesaid
numbers securely affixed to a post, sign, mailbox or other device which shall
be located within 10 feet of the driveway entrance to the premises.
D.
Mailboxes. Where the building has a mailbox located at
the edge of the street or roadway, numbers shall be affixed to both sides
of the mailbox. Where the mailboxes are grouped together, numbers shall be
affixed to the front of the mailboxes and any visible side.
E.
Buildings containing more than two dwelling units which
have entrances from interior passageways shall have numbers affixed within
five feet of every door by which the building may be entered. Each individual
unit shall have its identifying number or letter affixed to its door or immediately
adjacent to it.
F.
Residential dwellings that consist of multiple units
having different street numbers shall post the range of unit numbers per building
at a prominent location thereon, clearly visible at least 100 feet by approaching
emergency personnel. Each individual unit shall have its number affixed at
its front and rear entrances.
All such private roads shall be posted in a manner so that the names
are clearly visible and identifiable.
A.
This chapter shall become effective 20 days after publication
as prescribed by Town Charter.
B.
All existing buildings requiring numbering are subject
to this chapter on that date, following ordinance adoption.
C.
All buildings required to be numbered, after this date,
shall have the prescribed numbering installed before a certificate of occupancy
is issued for the building.
This chapter shall become effective July 1, 1996.
Any building owner in violation of this chapter shall receive a warning
notice of the violation(s), issued by the official designated by the Town
Council. The warning notice shall allow an initial 30 days for the violation(s)
to be corrected. It shall be the responsibility of the building owner to notify
the Town official when the violation(s) has been corrected. If, at the end
of the initial thirty-day period, the correction(s) has not been made, the
owner shall be subject to a fine of $25, and a second warning notice of the
violation(s) shall be issued. The second warning notice shall allow an additional
10 days for the violation(s) to be corrected. If, at the end of the additional
ten-day period, the correction(s) has not been made, the owner shall be subject
to additional fines of $5 a day for each day thereafter that the violation(s)
is not corrected, to a maximum of $100, inclusive of the citation fine of
$25.
