[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of West
Haven 3-28-1983 by Ord. No. 200. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Housing maintenance and occupancy — See Ch. 127.
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an
effective and easily recognizable system of the exact location of
the various building units in the City of West Haven.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
of this chapter:
An apartment, boardinghouse, condominium building or condominium
unit, single-family dwelling, multifamily dwelling, hotel, motel,
individual trailer, trailer camp, tourist cabin, tourist home, commercial
establishment, industrial building, government building and any other
building structure.
A number no less than three inches in height placed on each
building unit, which number is visible from the street. The number
of the building shall be located on the top, bottom or on the sides
of the main entrance of the building facing the street. In the case
of a building more than 50 feet from said street, the owner shall,
in addition to the number on said building, display a number on a
mailbox or fence or a post located on the side of the driveway or
sidewalk so as to make said number easily visible from the street.
When a mailbox is on the curbline of said property, as numbered in
accordance herewith, the building number shall be placed on both sides
of the box and shall have numbers three inches high.
It shall be the responsibility of the Assessor of the City of
West Haven to devise and have readily available an assigned building
unit number for each unit in the City of West Haven. "Having readily
available" shall be determined to mean, in the case of subdivisions,
within 10 days of the filing of the final subdivision map, and for
all other units, within five days of the granting of any building
permit. In the case of undeveloped land, it shall be the responsibility
of the Assessor to keep available properly sequenced numbers for later
use.
It shall be the duty of the owner of the property to obtain
the proper building unit number and to display the same in accordance
with this chapter. In the case of multiple units, it shall be the
responsibility of the owner of any parcel of land on which a building
unit is located to comply with this chapter.
It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Planning or
his assistant or delegatee to enforce the provisions of this chapter,
which duty shall include the periodic review of the building units
within the city to assure compliance. The initial compliance date
shall be 60 days after the effective date of this chapter.
A.
Any person or organization who does not comply with this chapter
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $10 per violation as hereinafter
provided. In the event that any person or organization shall not be
in compliance with this chapter, it shall be the responsibility of
the Director of Planning to notify said person or organization that
they must comply within seven days of the date of said notice.
B.
In the event of noncompliance within said time, the Director of Planning
or such other designated official shall be required to present said
noncompliance to the City of West Haven Police Department for prosecution
under the terms of this chapter.
