[Added by Ord. No. 11-96]
Pursuant to the authority conferred by N.J.S.A.
40:67-1j, a system of numbering all buildings and lots of land in
the Town is hereby adopted.
All dwelling houses, stores, or other buildings
erected within the Town shall be numbered in conformity with the street
numbers on the tax and assessment maps of the Town filed in the office
of the Tax Assessor of the Town.
[Amended 3-5-2018 by Ord.
No. 5-2018]
The owner or owners, occupant or occupants of
each and every dwelling house, store or other building which now fronts
or may hereafter front upon any of the streets or public places within
the Town of Boonton shall cause the same to be properly numbered in
accordance with the directions and requirements of this article. The
numbering, which shall not be handwritten, shall be in numerals of
not less than three inches in height placed conspicuously, preferably
under a light, on the front of each dwelling house, store and other
building, or in the front yard of the lot on which the same stands,
and so located as to be clearly visible to persons passing by the
premises on the abutting street.
For the proper numbering of each dwelling house,
store and other building, the following plan or system is hereby adopted:
The Tax Assessor shall give each building or building lot a number
to follow in a pattern so that the numbers shall run upwards from
1 on the odd side of the street and they shall run upwards from 2
on the even side of the street. Each unit in each building shall also
have a letter or a number attached to it.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for occupancy of any building hereafter erected or enlarged unless the provisions of § 87-28 shall have been complied with.
The owner of any dwelling house, store or other
building incorrectly, improperly or insufficiently numbered shall
be notified, in writing, by the Code Enforcement Officer or such other
person so designated by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to change
or replace such incorrect or improper number, or to affix a number
where one is lacking, within 10 days after date of such notice.
Upon application by the owner of any property
to the Tax Assessor, the Tax Assessor shall forthwith furnish such
owner with the correct number of such property and all units located
thereon.
Upon any subdivision of land resulting in a
lot or lots other than those numbered on the tax and assessment maps
of the Town, the Tax Assessor shall, within 30 days after final approval
thereof, assign a number to each lot resulting from said subdivision
or resubdivision which shall be in proper numerical sequence in relation
to the numbers assigned to other lots fronting on the same street,
and he shall record the same upon said map and notify the owner of
said property of the numbers so assigned.
The owner or occupant of any building who fails to comply with the provisions of this article within three months after notice of the number assigned to the building shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty, of the Code of the Town of Boonton.
