Palmerston (Public Places) By-Laws 2001

(1) The council may adopt a plan or system of numbering areas of adjacent land and may, in accordance with the plan or system:

(a) affix a number on a building or a gate or fence on land included in the plan or system that adjoins a road or road-related area; or

(b) by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land included in the plan or system that adjoins a road or road-related area to affix, within the time specified in and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the notice, a number on a building or a gate or fence on the land.

(2) The council may, from time to time, alter the plan or system of numbering referred to in clause (1) and may, in accordance with the plan or system as altered:

(b) by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land included in the plan or system as altered that adjoins a road or road-related area to:

(ii) if a number was not affixed under clause (1) – affix, within the time specified in and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the notice, a number on a building, or a gate or fence on the land.

(3) A person who has affixed a number to a building, gate or fence on land under clause (1) and who is required to replace the number under clause (2) may obtain the number free of charge from the council.

(4) An owner or occupier of land on whom a notice is served under clause (1)(b) or (2)(b) must comply with the notice.

Penalty: $3 000.

(5) If an owner or occupier of land fails within the time specified in a notice under clause (1)(b) or (2)(b) to affix or replace a number, the council may enter the land referred to in the notice and affix or replace the required number, and the expense of so doing may be recovered from the person on whom the notice was served as a debt due and payable to the council.

Division 3 Permits and other authorities