TOWN OF LAMOINE
ROAD NAME AND NUMBERING ORDINANCE
Approved
March 5, 1996
5.
Conflict with Other Ordinances.
A.
Initial Name and Numbering Activities
Because the Town of Lamoine
and the State of Maine will implement a 911 Emergency Telephone system in the
future, the Town of Lamoine need to enhance its identification of emergency
situation locations. This ordinance is intended to provide the mechanism for
the identification of public and private roads for emergency responses, US Mail
and private deliveries.
This ordinance is adopted
under the authority of Municipal Home Rule, Article VIII, Part 2, Section 1 of
the Maine Constitution, and MRSA § 3001 et seq.
This ordinance shall become
effective upon passage at a town meeting referendum vote on March 5, 1996.
Should any section or
provision of this Ordinance be declared by the courts to be invalid, such
decisions shall not invalidate any other sections or provisions of the
Ordinance, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared
to be severable.
This ordinance shall not
repeal, annul, or in any way impair or remove the necessity of compliance with
any other rule, regulation, by-law, permit or provision of law. Where this Ordinance imposes a higher
standard for the promotion and protection of health, safety, and welfare, the
provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail.
This ordinance shall apply
to all structures located within the Town of Lamoine. While intended for identification of structures with telephones,
it also applies to those structures which do not yet have telephone service,
but could be possibly expected to support a telephone.
The Selectmen shall appoint a committee to initially assign
names and numbers to all roads identified within the Town of Lamoine. This committee shall be responsible for
preparing a map for the Board of Selectmen, identifying each road by name, and
preparation of a list of buildings with assigned numbers for each road. The committee shall seek public input for
road name suggestions.
Upon satisfactory completion of the above work by the
appointed committee, the Selectmen may accept the map as the official road name
map for the Town of Lamoine. Before official acceptance, the Board of Selectmen
shall hold a public hearing on the final plan to be accepted. The public hearing shall be advertised in
the same manner as a town meeting by posting in at least two conspicuous
places, and advertising in a newspaper of general circulation. Individual
notices of the public hearing will not be mailed.
By accepting the work of the committee, those road names shall
become the official Town names of the public and private roads so identified by
the map. The building numbers so
identified by the list submitted by the committee shall become the official
building numbers of the Town. A road name assigned by the town of Lamoine shall
not constitute or imply acceptance of the road as a public way.
After acceptance by the Board of Selectmen and the US Postal
Service, building owners shall be notified of their proper street address.
Following initial acceptance, the name or a road may only
be changed by a majority vote at a properly held and advertised town
meeting. Notices to those living on the
affected road shall be mailed by first class mail. Such action shall amend the official map.
The Road Commissioner shall cause to be erected and maintained
at all street intersections within the Town, substantial signs on which shall
be marked plainly the names of streets.
Street name signs shall consist of reflective white letters on a green
surface for public roads, and reflective white letters on a blue surface for
private roads.
Owners of private roads may, at their own expense, erect an
attached sign stating "Private Road" with the Street name sign.
The initial plan accepted by the Board of Selectmen shall
include a list of numbers assigned to each building or building complex on each
street in Lamoine. The number
assignments shall be consistent with "Maine Enhanced 9-1-1 Addressing
Guidebook for Local Government", edition two, published September 1995.
A copy of the Town of Lamoine tax map with the numbers written
in shall be prepared by the Selectmen upon acceptance. This shall become the official Street Name
and Number Map.
Following initial acceptance, map maintenance of the
numbering system shall be performed by the Building Inspector and Road
Commissioner, following current accepted guidelines. The Building Inspector, Road Commissioner, or Administrative
Assistant to the Selectmen shall assign address numbers for all newly
constructed structures as part of the building permit. The Street Name and Number Map shall be
updated annually. Copies of that map
shall be provided to the Fire Department, appropriate Police Agencies,
appropriate ambulance service(s), and the US Postal Service free of charge.
Other agencies may purchase copies of the map at a fee to be determined by the
Board of Selectmen. The map shall be
kept on file in the Lamoine Town Office.
All premises shall bear a distinctive street number in
accordance with and as designated upon the Street Name and Number map on file
with the Lamoine Town Office.
Buildings Within 50 feet of the Road
No person shall fail to place the correct number upon the
front of occupied premises, the number facing the street and adjacent to the
principal entrance and in such position as to be plainly visible from the
street. Numbers hereafter placed shall
not be less than 3 inches in height and shall contrast in color of the building
or background on which they are attached.
Buildings more than 50 feet from the Road
Where the residence or structure is over 50 (fifty) feet from
the edge of the road right-of-way, the assigned number shall be displayed on a
post, fence, wall, the mail box, or on some structure at the property line next
to the walk or access drive to the residence or structure. Such number shall be plainly visible from
the road.
Home owners and/or occupants will have 90 days from the
official date of acceptance and publication to affix their building numbers in
the proper manner.
No person shall affix or caused to be affixed, or allow to
remain upon any building which he owns or occupies, a different number from the
one designated on the Street Numbering Map.
Any person who, after being notified by the Fire Chief, Code
Enforcement Officer, or Road Commissioner, shall fail to comply with any of the
provisions of this section within thirty (30) days specified in such notice,
shall pay a fine of not less than two dollars ($2) nor more than five dollars
($5). Said fines are payable to the
town of Lamoine. Repeated non compliance (more than three offenses in a six
month period) shall be prosecuted by the Code Enforcement Officer in Maine
District Court. The fine for repeated
non compliance shall be $50, plus court costs.
Signature Page
The attached ordinance
entitled Lamoine Road Name and Numbering Ordinance was approved by a referendum
vote at the annual Lamoine Town Meeting, said referendum vote held March 5,
1996 at the Lamoine Town Hall.
Signed this 13th day of
March, 1996:
/s/William Collier, Chairman
/s/Arthur Alley The Lamoine Board of Selectmen
/s/Glenn Crawford
(converted from original file text on December 7, 1998)