[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Trenton 9-7-1967
as § 20-5 of the Revised General Ordinance. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
There shall be a system of numbering of dwellings and lots situated
and fronting upon any of the streets in the City now erected and which may
hereafter be erected as set forth in this chapter, and under the jurisdiction
of the Chief Engineer.
In every case where a street does or shall intersect either of the baselines
as herein established, the parts of the street situated on opposite sides
of the baseline so intersected shall be designated by the terms north, south,
east or west, as the case may be. The baseline or line of division for designation
of streets or parts of streets as east and west shall be a line following
the middle of State Street from the eastern to the western boundaries of the
City. The baseline or line of division for designation of streets or parts
of streets as north and south shall be a line commencing in the northern boundary
of the City, at its intersection with Princeton Avenue, running thence through
the center of Princeton Avenue to its junction with Warren Street, thence
through the center of Warren Street to the middle of the Assunpink Creek,
thence along the middle of the creek to the wharf line of the Delaware River,
and thence along the wharf line of the Delaware River to the southern boundary
of the City.
When any street does or shall run in a direction more nearly eastward
and westward than northward and southward, the buildings on the north side
thereof shall be numbered with even numbers, and those on the south side thereof
with odd numbers. When any street does or shall run in a direction more nearly
northward and southward than eastward and westward, the buildings on the east
side thereof shall be numbered with even numbers, and those on the west side
thereof with odd numbers. Even numbers shall begin with "2" and odd numbers
with "1", up to the multiples required to cover all of the buildings or lots
on such streets.
Numbering of buildings and lots shall begin on the basis of the direction
of the streets on which they are situated and the location of their terminating
points in relation to the baseline, as follows:
A.
Streets intersecting or terminating at either baseline.
The buildings situated or fronting on any street which does or shall intersect
either of the baselines shall be numbered in each direction from the baseline
as a starting point, the first building on either side of the line being numbered
"1" or "2," as the case may be. The buildings situated or fronting on any
street which does or shall terminate at either of the baselines shall be numbered
in the same manner from the last named baseline as a starting point.
B.
Streets not intersecting or terminating at baselines.
In the case of any street which does not or shall not intersect or terminate
at either of the baselines, if its direction is more nearly eastward and westward
than northward and southward, the buildings thereon shall be numbered from
its eastward terminus if the terminus is west of the north and south baseline,
and from its westward terminus if the last named terminus is east of the north
and south baseline. If the direction of the street is more nearly northward
and southward than eastward and westward, then the buildings thereon shall
be numbered from its northward terminus if the terminus is south of the east
and west baseline, and from its southward terminus if the last named terminus
is north of the east and west baseline.
C.
Streets intersecting or terminating at both baselines.
In case of any street which does or shall intersect both of the baselines,
or terminate at each, or intersect the one and terminate at the other, the
buildings thereon shall be numbered from the east and west baseline in the
manner hereinbefore stated.
D.
Streets forming an immediate junction. In all cases in
which streets do or shall form an immediate junction with each other, so that
the one is but a continuation of the other under a different name, the buildings
thereon shall be numbered continuously from the proper baselines.
In all cases where vacant lots do or shall intervene between buildings,
one number shall be allowed for every 15 feet, or fraction thereof being 10
feet or more.
Where any building is or shall be so constructed that different apartments
on the ground floor thereof shall front on any street, and be so arranged
as to show an intention that the same shall be occupied by different families,
or used in carrying on different trades, each apartment shall be considered
as a building, which shall be designated by a separate number; and the term
"street," as used in this chapter relating to the numbering of buildings,
shall be understood to include all private streets and all private and public
alleys.
It shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer, from time to time, whenever
(s)he shall discover that any building in the City is not numbered according
to the plan hereinbefore set forth, to serve upon the owner thereof a written
or printed notice of the proper number of such building, which notice may
be delivered personally or left at the building with any person there residing
or employed over the age of 14 years. The owner of such building, within one
month from the date of such service, shall cause the number contained in the
notice to be affixed to or upon the building in a durable manner, in some
conspicuous place, provided that no number upon any building shall be required
to be changed merely to give effect to the next preceding section until, by
the erection of a building or buildings upon any vacant lots, a change shall
be necessary to prevent the duplication of numbers. The City Engineer shall
be allowed the sum of $1 for each building for which (s)he shall designate
a number, including the service of the notice and the making of the record
aforesaid.
