In compliance with federal regualtions, emergency services are now dispatched to an ADDRESS. Residents names are no longer used. With the new procedures it is imperative that every resident have an address conspiculously posted so that emergency services can find the caller!
Numbers should be posted in accordance with the Town Addressing Ordinance of March 1996:
Article VI
1. Every owner of an improved property shall, within thirty (30) days of Notification, as defined by Article IX,
Section 5 of this ordinance, or within thirty (30) days of new habitation, display and maintain in a conspicuous
place on said property the number assigned.
A. Number on the structure or residence.- - Where the residence or structure is within fifty (50) feet of the edge
of the road right-of-way, the assigned number may be displayed on the front of the residence or structure near
the front door or entry. The number assigned shall be displayed in numeral form and shall be no less than
Five inches (5") high and shall be of some reflective material for better night visibility, or shall be numbered.
as in B.
B. Number at the Road Line.- -Where the residence or structure is over fifty (50) feet from the edge of
the road right-of-way, the assigned number shall be displayed on a post, fence, wall, the mailbox or an some
structure at the property line next to the walk or access drive to the residence or structure. The number
assigned shall be displayed in numeral form and be no less than three inches (3") high and shall be of some
reflective material for better night visibility.
C. Every person whose duty is to display the assigned number shall remove any different number that
might be mistaken for or confused with, the number assigned in conformance with this ordinance.