Assembly Bill A7315

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires display of street numbers on all buildings or dwellings to which numbers have been assigned

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §125-b, Gen Muni L

2009-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the owner, agent, lessee or other person in charge of any building or dwelling to have the proper street number prominently displayed so that such street number is plainly legible from a vehicle; gives each city the power to establish and enforce rules and regulations relating to the size, form, visibility, location and lighting of street numbers; provides for a violation not to exceed twenty-five dollars for a first violation of such requirement, with a fine of an additional five dollars per day for each day that such violation continues.

2009-A7315 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7315

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ALFANO, BRENNAN, CHRISTENSEN, COLTON, COOK, DenDEKKER, DIAZ, DINOWITZ,
  EDDINGTON, FIELDS, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, JAFFEE,  JEFFRIES,  KELL-
  NER,  KOON,  MAISEL,  MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, PHEFFER, ROBINSON,
  SCHIMEL, SEMINERIO, SPANO, TOBACCO, WALKER, WEISENBERG  --  read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
  street numbers to be displayed on buildings

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 125-b to read as follows:
  S 125-B. POSTING OF STREET NUMBERS. 1. REQUIREMENTS. THE OWNER, AGENT,
LESSEE OR OTHER PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY  BUILDING  OR  DWELLING  UPON  A
STREET  TO  WHICH  STREET  NUMBERS  OF  BUILDINGS OR DWELLINGS HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING IS SITU-
ATED, SHALL CAUSE THE PROPER STREET NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF SUCH  BUILDINGS
OR  DWELLINGS  TO  BE DISPLAYED IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE STREET NUMBER OR
NUMBERS MAY AT ALL TIMES BE PLAINLY LEGIBLE FROM A VEHICLE ON THE STREET
IN FRONT OF SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING UNDER CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS  AT
ALL  TIMES  OF  THE DAY. SUCH NUMBER OR NUMBERS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A
LIGHT SOURCE WHICH IS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION, DURING THE PERIOD  FROM
ONE-HALF  HOUR  AFTER  SUNSET TO ONE-HALF HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE. THE LIGHT
SOURCE SHALL ILLUMINATE THE NUMBER OR NUMBERS AND  ENCOMPASS  A  TWO  TO
FOUR  INCH BOARDER SURROUNDING SUCH NUMBER OR NUMBERS.  THE TERM "FRONT"
AS USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  MEAN  THAT  SIDE  OF  THE
BUILDING  OR  DWELLING  WHICH  FACES  THE  STREET ON WHICH THE NUMBER OR
NUMBERS OF SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED. THE  NUMBER  OR
NUMBERS  SHALL  BE  DISPLAYED ON SUCH SIDE OF SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING.
EACH MUNICIPALITY SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ESTABLISH  AND  ENFORCE  RULES
AND  REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  THE SIZE, FORM, VISIBILITY, LOCATION AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10736-01-9

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