[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Rothschild 11-13-1967 as Sec. 7.08 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-26-2018]
It is the intent and purpose of this Chapter to provide for
the rapid and easy identification by numbering of the buildings within
the Village of Rothschild in order to efficiently facilitate both
the delivery of emergency response services to the community and for
postal and other deliveries.
In numbering buildings and houses pursuant to this chapter,
a number is hereby assigned to each 50 feet starting from the baseline
as hereinafter fixed, and on all streets running northerly and southerly
the even numbers shall be placed on the buildings facing easterly
and the odd numbers on the buildings facing westerly, and on the streets
running easterly and westerly the even numbers shall be placed on
the buildings facing southerly and the odd numbers on the buildings
facing northerly.
A.
Weston
Avenue in said Village is hereby fixed upon as a baseline, and all
stores, buildings and houses in the first block north of Weston Avenue
facing on the streets running northerly and southerly shall be numbered
commencing on the southerly side of each block and increasing from
the baseline herein established. For the purpose of designating or
locating buildings or houses on streets running north of said Weston
Avenue, the word "north" shall be used in connection with the appropriate
street and number, and for the purpose of designating or locating
buildings or houses on streets running south of said Weston Avenue
the word "south" shall be used in connection with the appropriate
street and number.
B.
United
States Highway 51 in said Village is hereby fixed upon as a baseline,
and all stores, buildings or houses in the first row of blocks east
of said U.S. Highway 51 facing on the streets running east and west
shall be numbered commencing on the west end of each block and increasing
thereafter through each block to the Village limits. On the blocks
west of said U.S. Highway 51 the first block shall be numbered beginning
on the east end and increasing thereafter though each block to the
Village limits.
[Added 3-26-2018[1]]
A.
Approved address numbers shall be placed at the main front entrance
area of all new or existing buildings in such a position that they
are plainly visible and legible from the street on which the property
is addressed.
B.
The address numbers shall be located at the top, bottom, or a side
of the main front entrance of the building facing the street on which
the property is addressed.
C.
Address numbers shall be permanently affixed, contrast with their
background, and be placed according to the following table:
|
Distance From the Center of the Traveled Portion of the Street
on Which Building is Addressed
|
Residential Address Number Size
|
Commercial Address Number Size
|
|---|---|---|
|
Not more than 75 feet
|
At least 4 inches tall
|
At least 12 inches tall
|
|
Greater than 75 feet
|
Greater than 4 inches tall
|
Greater than 12 inches tall
|
D.
In the event that a building is more than 75 feet from the center
of the traveled portion of the street on which it is addressed, the
owner and/or occupant shall, in addition to displaying the address
numbers on the building, display the same address numbers on a mailbox,
fence, or post located immediately adjacent to the side of the appropriate
driveway or sidewalk by which access is gained to the building, such
that the address numbers of the building are also adjacent to the
street.
E.
Any mailbox, fence, or post that is numbered shall have address numbers
that are not less than three inches tall. Reflective numbers are acceptable
and encouraged. If a mailbox is numbered, it shall have address numbers
on both sides of the mailbox.
F.
Homes on private accesses must have address numbers displayed at
the point where such private access joins the public street. This
requirement is in addition to the requirements otherwise described
in this Chapter.
[Added 3-26-2018]
No address numbers shall be placed such that they are hidden
or screened from view at any time, whether by temporary or permanent
obstructions, including, but not limited to, screen doors, storm doors,
grass, shrubbery, trees, dirt, snow, snow piles, decorative objects,
etc. It shall be a violation of this Chapter to obstruct or cause
to be obstructed any address numbers that have been placed in conformity
with this Chapter.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
Any person violating this Chapter shall be subject to § 1-2 of this Code.
