An Important Public Safety Message
Is your street number visible?
Do you know that Stow’s General Bylaws require all houses and businesses to display the assigned street number?
(Article 3, Section 14)
Unsure of the correct street number? The annual town census/street list form will be sent to all households the first part of January. Be sure to use the street number listed on that form.
Fire Chief David Soar and Police Chief Mark Trefry remind residents that in an emergency “ every second saves lives”.~ A properly numbered house or business allows responding police and fire personnel to quickly locate your address. Here are some tips to properly display your house number:
· Place large, easy to read numbers on an area of your house most visible from the street.
· If your house is set back from the street, make sure you have numbers on a mailbox, post, or fence near the driveway entrance.
· The bylaw requires three inch tall numbers, though larger numbers are more visible from greater distances.
· Make sure the material you use will not fade or wear easily from weather. Reflective numbers are more visible at night.
· Choose colors that will not blend into the background the numbers are displayed on
Excerpt of the GENERAL BYLAWS OF THE TOWN OF STOW
ARTICLE 3. TOWN AFFAIRS
SECTION 14. Street Numbering
(a) Street numbers shall be provided for each dwelling, each business building and each industrial building by the owners of such struc-tures within three (3) months after notification of their number by the Selectmen.
(b) When the street numbers have been assigned by the survey of street numbering, owners shall be notified in writing.
(c) The numbers shall be at least three (3) inches in height and shall be clearly visible from the street or roadway upon which the building faces. The numbers may be placed upon the structure itself or on a suitable support near the entrance to the structure.
(adopted 3/8/72)
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