[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Fairport 2-9-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976 (Ch. 9 of the 1968 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to require
the clear display of house numbers from public streets for all properties
that contain principal buildings within the Village of Fairport 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 Village of Fairport that contain a principal building thereon,
whether or not said building is occupied. Such premises shall bear
and display at least one set of house numbers, which shall be assigned
by the Code Enforcement Officer. 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.
In order to comply with this chapter, house
numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of
four 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, or
otherwise separately mounted in an approved manner upon the face of
a wall or upon a post in the front yard of the premises. 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. 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 or premises which essentially
comply with numbers officially assigned by the Code Enforcement Officer,
at least to the extent that such number or numbers are in logical
sequence with number or numbers assigned to properties on either side
which are located on the same side of the street, shall be considered
as bearing the correct number or numbers for the purposes of this
chapter. Existing installations which essentially meet the requirements
and/or spirit of these regulations, including numbers presently on
or attached to a mailbox, may be granted approval by the Code Enforcement
Officer without further alteration.
The absence of house numbers or the insecure
fastening or absence of any integer thereof, or the use of any number
out of logical sequence for the street toward which it faces, or the
failure of a number to meet the elevation requirement or the visibility
requirements shall be considered as a violation of this chapter. Failure
on the part of the property owner to comply with the provisions of
this chapter within a period of 15 days from the date of issuance
of a notice of violation shall be sufficient cause for the Village
Code Enforcement Officer to proceed with carrying out the provisions
of this chapter and assess any costs incurred to the property owner
concerned, with a minimum charge of $20 for each property in violation.
The final authority for determining and assigning
the number or numbers to be used upon any particular property shall
be the Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Fairport.
