[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant 9-8-1992.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to require the clear display of
house and building numbers from public streets for all properties that contain
principal buildings within the town in order to assist the general public
or the authorities in identifying any property in case of an emergency, as
well as for the welfare of the general public in conducting its normal affairs.
This chapter shall apply to all properties within the Town of Mount
Pleasant, exclusive of areas wholly within any incorporated villages, that
contain a principal building thereon, whether or not said building is occupied.
Such premises shall bear and display at least one identifying house or building
number, which shall be assigned by the Building Inspector. Buildings facing
two or more public roadways shall be required to display auxiliary numbers,
if necessary, to pass the visibility test (as hereinafter set forth) when
viewed from those points in the center line of the public roadway opposite
those points where regularly used pedestrian or vehicular passageways enter
the public roadway.
A.
In order to comply with this chapter, house and building
numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of three inches
and shall be mounted in a secure fashion to the building's front wall
or to a porch or other fixed appurtenance in front of the building in the
general vicinity of the main entryway or main path of travel which leads to
the main entrance from a public street, otherwise separately and securely
mounted upon the face of a wall or upon a post or mailbox in the front yard
of the premises.
B.
Auxiliary numbers shall be mounted at a height between
four feet and 10 feet above the adjacent grade or exterior landing directly
beneath but never higher than 15 feet above the adjoining grade. They shall
be sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangement, spacing,
size and uniformity of integers so that the numbers may be read with ease
during the daylight hours by a person possessing at least 20/40 vision as
he views the numbers from the center line of the facing street and at an elevation
of five feet above the finished surface thereof.
C.
The numbers shall be so placed that trees, shrubs or
other obstructions do not block the line of the numbers from the center of
the street to any appreciable degree.
Existing numbers used on premises as of August 1, 1992, which essentially
comply with numbers officially assigned by the Building Inspector shall be
considered as bearing the correct number or numbers for the purposes of this
chapter.
Existing installations as of August 1, 1992, which essentially meet
the requirements of this chapter, including numbers presently on or attached
to a mailbox, shall be deemed to be in compliance without further alteration,
provided that any alteration or replacement of said installations shall be
in conformance with this chapter.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be given
written notice of such violation by the Building Inspector and shall be directed
to comply with the provisions hereof within 15 days after the mailing or personal
delivery of such notice. After the giving of one such notice, any person who
violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine not to exceed $100 for each offense.
The final authority for determining and assigning the number or numbers
to be used upon a particular property shall be the Building Inspector of the
Town of Mount Pleasant.
This chapter shall be effective immediately.
