s.7Power to number buildings
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Section 7Part 3 — Numbering

Power to number buildings

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The Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands may order that a building adjoining a street to which access may be obtained from that street shall, for the purpose of distinguishing it, be marked (whether or not already marked with a number) with such number or numbers as may be specified in the order or shown upon a plan referred to in the order, and that any existing number which differs from that specified in the order shall no longer be used in respect of that building.
For the purpose of subsection (1), a letter, a number followed by a letter or a fraction shall be deemed to be a number.
The Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands shall give notice to the owner and occupier of every building to which an order made under this section relates requiring him to mark the building, or some part of the premises of which the building forms part, with the number which the Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands has ordered, and to remove, within such time as may be specified in the notice, any number marked on the building, or on the premises of which the building forms part, which differs from that specified in the order.
Whenever the marking of a number assigned by an order of the Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands is destroyed, removed, defaced, obliterated or obscured the owner or occupier of the building shall renew the marking within the time specified in a notice from the Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands requiring him to do so.
If a notice from the Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands pursuance of this section is not complied with the Director of the Lands and Surveys Department of the Ministry responsible for lands shall cause the number to be marked on the building and shall also cause any number which differs from that specified in the order to be removed.
A number marked in accordance with subsection (3), (4) or (5) shall be —
in arabic numerals;
marked at least 2 feet 6 inches from the ground;
marked in numerals at least 3 inches in height;
marked in colours that contrast with the background on which the number is marked; and
visible and legible from the street during daylight hours except that, where the entrance to the building cannot be seen from the street, a similarly visible and legible directional sign indicating the route to the entrance shall be provided.

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