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Municipal Addressing By-Law (09-050)
YOUR ADDRESS
“It’s not just a number;
It can save your life!”
In the Bylaw you will find information related to municipal addressing activities including:
- Definitions
- Assignment of Municipal Numbers
- Posting of Municipal Numbers
- Standards for Municipal Numbers Signs
- Work Performed by the City
- Prohibitions
- Severability
- Offence
- Short Title
- Effective Date and Repeal
Background
Modern day emergency dispatch systems rely on accurate civic addressing to support emergency response services. To fulfill this, the data must be complete and up to date. Many buildings do not have their primary municipal address posted and many do not have their rental unit addresses posted. This can cause a problem in an emergency situation when the responding Police, Fire or EMS staff cannot find the building or the entranceway.Importance of Municipal Addressing System
Municipal properties can be difficult to locate without an easily understood addressing system.The objectives of this By-Law are:
- To ensure every occupied building has a unique address making it easy to identify and locate.
- Improve services from local government and utility companies.
- To provide Emergency Personnel a quick and effective way to locate addresses. With a municipal address, dispatch operators will instantly know the address where a call (land-line phones only) is being placed from.
For more information, please contact:
Mike MacLean
Land Information Services Manager
City of Peterborough
500 George St. N.
Peterborough, Ontario
K9H 3R9
Telephone: 705-742-7777 x1761
Fax: 705-742-5218
Email: mmaclean@peterborough.ca