Warren Township Police Department
44 Mountain Boulevard
Warren, NJ 07059
Main Desk: 908-753-1000
Fax: 908-757-7915

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William J. Stahl
CHIEF OF POLICE 

The various and several parcels of real estate with improvements
(above or below ground) thereon on the streets, roads, avenues, lanes and
other ways (either public or private) shall be numbered. The said various
and several parcels  are  as  shown  and  designated  on  the  official
Tax Assessment Map of the Township of Warren.

2-38.2 Time limit  for placing  numbers.

The owner or owners, or, if the owner or owners are not the occupant,
then the occupant or occupants of the said various and several parcels of
real estate described above, shall, within ninety (90) days after the
adoption of this Section place or cause to be placed the proper number of
the dwelling house, store or other improvement on their parcel.

2-38.3 Size and material requirements.

Said number shall be of such size and material and placed in such a
substantial manner on the dwelling, store or other improvement or on the
mailbox servicing the dwelling (provided that the mailbox is located on
the same side of the traveled way on which the house is located), store or
other improvement or on a post, rod or other item of substantial nature so
as to be conspicuous and visible from the street, road, avenue, lane or
way on which it fronts, or from which access to it is had. The numbers and
background shall be of contrasting colors.

2-38.4 Numbering of buildings having deep setbacks or difficult
locations for viewing purposes.

If the said dwelling, store or other improvement has a setback from the
roadway in excess of one hundred fifty (150') feet or a location such that
the provisions of 2-38.3 cannot be complied with, then the owner or
occupant shall provide a post, rod, mailbox or other type of fixture of a
substantial nature, with the number affixed thereon, and located on the
premises so that the number shall be conspicuous and visible from the
street, road, avenue, lane or way on which the premises fronts, or from
which access to it is had.

2-38.5 Minimum height of numbers.

Said numbers so used in compliance with this Section shall be of a
height not less than three (3) inches.

2-38.6 Application for number.

There is on file with the Township Engineer an index list of all numbers
assigned to the various dwellings, stores and other improvements in the
Township.  It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, occupant or
occupants of any dwelling, store or other improvement to make application
to said Engineer to determine the number assigned, if the same is not
known.  Said application may be made on any day, Saturdays, Sundays and
legal holidays excepted, at the office of said Engineer in the Municipal
Building between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.  A defense of
failure to comply with this Section on the grounds of inability to secure
an assigned number shall only be  valid  on  presentation  of  a  written
statement by the Engineer that the assigned number is not available to the
applicant.  If such fact be so, it shall be the duty of the Engineer to so
furnish said statement to the applicant.

2-38.7 Time limit for placing numbers on new buildings.

The owner or owners, occupant or occupants of any dwelling, store or
other improvement hereafter erected or completed shall, before the
issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, apply to the Township Engineer for
an assigned number and comply with the terms of this Section.

2-38.8 Enforcement/Violations and penalties.

The Warren Police, Warren Construction Official, and Warren Zoning
Officer shall enforce this Ordinance.

Any person violating any provision of this Section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred
dollars ($500.).