It’s National Night Out – make sure we find you in an EMERGENCY!
National Night Out is a premier community-building event in the County. Do you know the police officers and firefighters who work to keep your neighborhood and your family safe? Come out to Asbury Park's National Night Out event being celebrated at Springwood Avenue Park and meet the first responders that serve our community and on your way home --- check your house numbers and make sure they are visible.
In an emergency, police, fire and rescue workers depend on house numbers to find YOU as quickly as possible. Finding your home - especially at night - can be challenging if address numbers are unreadable, hidden, unlighted or have missing numbers and may delay emergency responders from getting to you as quickly as possible.
Are your house numbers visible from the street? Are they set on a background of contrasting color? If your house is hidden from the street, are your numbers attached to a visible fence, mailbox or gate? Is your mobile home identified with your house number? If you live on a corner, does your house number face the street named in your address?
If you've answered "no" to any of these questions, please follow the guidelines below to make sure your house number is easy to read:
1. Numbers must be visible from the street. Residential home numbering must be at least 3 inches high and a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch.
2. Numbers should be placed on a contrasting background, with a reflective coating on the numbers for easy visibility at night.
3. Repair or replace aging address number placards, especially on mailboxes that are a distance from the front of the residence.
4. Prune any bushes, tree limbs or other growth that has covered your house numbers.
5. Numbers should be placed on or beside the front door. If your door is not easily seen from the street, put the numbers on a post, fence or tree at the driveway entrance so they can be clearly seen from the street. In addition to numbers on the front door of your house, if you have a rural-style mailbox, reflective and contrasting numbers should be placed on both sides of the box so they can be seen by an emergency vehicle approaching from either direction.
1. Numbers must be visible from the street. Residential home numbering must be at least 3 inches high and a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch.
2. Numbers should be placed on a contrasting background, with a reflective coating on the numbers for easy visibility at night.
3. Repair or replace aging address number placards, especially on mailboxes that are a distance from the front of the residence.
4. Prune any bushes, tree limbs or other growth that has covered your house numbers.
5. Numbers should be placed on or beside the front door. If your door is not easily seen from the street, put the numbers on a post, fence or tree at the driveway entrance so they can be clearly seen from the street. In addition to numbers on the front door of your house, if you have a rural-style mailbox, reflective and contrasting numbers should be placed on both sides of the box so they can be seen by an emergency vehicle approaching from either direction.
Asbury Park Property Maintenance Code (IPMAP) on Addresses
13-304.3.
Buildings shall have
approved address numbers placed in a position to be plainly legible and visible
from the street or road fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast
with their background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numerals or alphabet
letters. Numbers shall be not less than 3 inches (102 mm) in height with a
minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7 mm). Additional or more stringent State
regulations may apply; the more stringent regulations shall be the governing
regulations.
