[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Sleepy Hollow 5-4-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993 (Ch. 11A of the 1965
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 Sleepy Hollow 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 Sleepy Hollow 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
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 these
points in the center line of the public roadway opposite those points
where regularly used pedestrian or vehicular passageways enter the
public roadway.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
In order to comply with this chapter, house numbers shall be
Arabic design, shall have a minimum height of four inches, with a
minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch, 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.
Where the front of the building upon which the number is to be displayed
is more than 75 feet from the edge of the right-of-way (whether improved
or not) of the street or road serving the building, the number shall,
in addition to the other requirements of this chapter, be displayed
on a post, mailbox or other structure visible from the road or street
and in no event further back than 25 feet from said road or street
right-of-way.
Existing numbers used or premises which essentially comply with
numbers officially assigned by the Building Inspector, at least to
the extent that such number or numbers are in logical sequence with
the 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 Building Inspector without
further alteration.
[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
The absence of house numbers or the insecure fastening or absence
of any integer thereof or the use of any number or the failure of
a number to meet the elevation requirement or the visibility requirements
shall be considered 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 Building Inspector
to proceed with carrying out the provisions of this chapter and assessing
any costs incurred to the property owner concerned, with a minimum
charge of $250 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 Building
Inspector of the Village of Sleepy Hollow.
[Added 1-22-2013 by L.L.
No. 1-2013]
Any person violating this chapter shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine not to exceed $250 for each offense.
