[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Monroe 7-16-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter is intended to establish and impose
regulations requiring the assignment and display of street address
numbers of buildings and property in the Village of Monroe in order
to make the location of such property readily identifiable to police,
volunteer fire companies, paramedics and other emergency agencies
or otherwise of the Village of Monroe, other town and villages of
the County of Orange and agencies of the County of Orange in order
to accomplish the purpose as intended in the adoption, within the
County of Orange, of an enhanced 911 system.
The Executive of the County of Orange, the Office
of E-911 of the County of Orange and/or the Planning Board and/or
the Building Inspector shall have authority to assign numbers to every
parcel of real property within the Village of Monroe as exists as
of the effective date of this chapter. Numbers shall be assigned to
new parcels, created by subdivision or otherwise, by the Building
Inspector of the Village of Monroe. The owner or occupier of every
parcel of real property within the Village of Monroe, as exists as
of the effective date of this chapter, shall be notified, in writing,
of the number assigned to the parcel of real property. For this purpose,
notice given prior to the effective date of this chapter by the Executive
of the County of Orange with respect to any parcel of real property
within the Village of Monroe, pursuant to the adoption of numbers
with respect to the enhanced 911 system, shall be deemed notice for
the purposes hereunder.
Each owner, agent of the owner or occupier of
real property within the Village of Monroe, having received notice
of the number assigned to his/her parcel of real property, shall,
within 30 days after such notice or the effective date of this chapter,
whichever occurs last, be responsible for displaying and maintaining
the display of the number of said parcel of real property in accordance
with this chapter as follows:
A.
Commercial property (nonresidential). In the event
that the parcel contains one number of the parcel of real property,
such number shall be conspicuously displayed on the face of the building,
the face being the side facing the street of address and shall be
readily readable from the street without the aid of any artificial
lens or lenses. In the event that the parcel contains more than one
building and more than one number is assigned to the parcel of real
property, such numbers shall be conspicuously displayed on the respective
faces of each such building, the face being the side containing the
main entrance facing the street address by the appropriate structure
(i.e., a sign), it must be within 20 feet of the road pavement of
the street without the aid of any artificial lens or lenses. Wherever
practical, said number shall be placed near some light source of illumination
so that it may be readily seen at night.
B.
Residential property. On each parcel of improved residential
property, the number shall be conspicuously displayed on the face
of the building, the face being the side facing the street of address
which it fronts, and shall be readily readable from the street without
the aid of any artificial lens or lenses. The number of the building
shall be conspicuously displayed on the respective faces of each such
building. If the number is displayed on a gate, post, mailbox, fence
or other appropriate structure (i.e., a sign) it must be within 20
feet of the edge of the road pavement of the property. The numbers
shall be so placed that they will not be obstructed by trees, shrubbery,
porches or other extensions of the building. Wherever practicable,
said number shall be placed near some light or source of illumination
so that it may be readily seen at night. The display or any house
number other than the number assigned by the Village of Monroe is
prohibited.
C.
Size of numbers. For residential, the display numbers
shall be four inches in height. For commercial, the displayed numbers
shall be not less than six inches nor more than 12 inches in height.
D.
The displayed numbers shall be clock Arabic numerals.
E.
The color of the displayed number must contrast with
its background color.
Any owner, agent of the owner or occupier of
real property within the Village of Monroe who violates any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $50. Each day on which such violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Building
Inspector, Code Enforcement Officer or any police officer of the Village
of Monroe.
