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Village of Greenville, WI
Outagamie County
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[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Greenville (now Village Board of the Village of Greenville) as indicated in article history. Subsequent articles adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Greenville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-9-2010 by Ord. No. 53; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
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Authority. This article is adopted pursuant to authority conferred by § 59.54(4), Wis. Stats.
B. 
Resolution and purpose.
(1) 
The Village Board has received concerns from the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department, Gold Cross Ambulance Service, the Greenville Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services that it is difficult to locate some residences or businesses in Greenville due to inadequate or nonreflective street address sign numbers;
(2) 
The Village Board has determined that without adequate and reflective street address numbers, emergency service response could be slower, thus potentially aggravating emergency situations;
(3) 
The Village Board has established uniform requirements for the provision, placement and maintenance of street address signs to facilitate the timely location of citizens and properties in need of emergency services.
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Single buildings and structures. Each parcel with a principal building shall have a street address sign bearing the number assigned to the frontage on which the structure is located.
B. 
Other buildings and structures. When the principal building is a duplex or similar structure, each unit shall bear a separate street address number. Apartment buildings or similar structures shall have one street address sign for the entire structure, with unit numbers assigned to individual units. The Village of Greenville is not responsible for numbering individual units.
C. 
Private roads. Any driveway that now serves as a principal access for a third property may be redefined as a "private road" and named, if agreed to by the Village and county. All names shall end with either the word "drive" or "trail." All present properties accessing upon the private road shall be readdressed to coincide with the newly named private road.
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Sign specifications. Every street address sign must have a green background with white numbers/letters listed horizontally. The numbers/letters must have high-intensity prismatic grade reflectivity (HIP). The numbers/letters must be 2 1/2 inches in size with a one-inch "Village of Greenville" on top of the numbers. All numbers/letters shall meet the HIP standard.
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Maintenance. Every owner shall be responsible to maintain the area around the street address sign free from obstructions, including, but not limited to, structures, trees, bushes, shrubs and accumulations of ice or snow.
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Damaged, missing or worn signs. Every owner shall be responsible for maintaining the integrity and function of the street address sign. Any damaged, missing or worn sign shall be replaced within 30 days.
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Installation. All street address signs shall be installed by the Village of Greenville.
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Placement standards.
(1) 
The sign shall be installed so that the numbers are perpendicular to the road on which the property is located.
(2) 
The post shall be located on the building side of the driveway when facing the front of the principal building.
(3) 
The posts shall be located uniformly not more than 25 feet from the edge of the street pavement and not more than 10 feet from the edge of the driveway serving the building except in subdivisions where posts and signs may be placed directly behind the mailbox. The top of the sign shall not be less than 40 inches nor more than 50 inches from ground level.
(4) 
The Village may select an alternative placement option where topography, road maintenance requirements, or other circumstances require.
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Designated areas. Any subdivision, through its residents' or homeowners' association, or any discrete, definable area within the Village, may request a different street address sign design option consistent with the purpose and intent of this article. The design option (numbers/letters/color) must be uniform throughout the subdivision or definable area.
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Approval required. Any optional street address sign must be approved by the Village of Greenville as to the design and geographic area. Any approved design will be noticed for the geographic area.
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Cost. The cost for any approved optional street address signs will be the same as those installed in other parts of the Village unless the signs are more expensive, and then the extra cost will be borne by the subdivision or definable area.
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Enforcement. Compliance with the provisions of this article shall be enforced by appropriate forfeitures and penalties. Compliance may also be enforced by injunction.
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Notice of violation. If the Village finds that any of the provisions of this article are being violated, it shall notify the owner, in writing, by registered or certified mail, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct the violation. Whenever a person shall have been notified, in writing, such person shall commence correcting within 10 days and shall correct all violations within 30 days. If such corrections are not commenced within 10 days or corrected within 45 days of notice, the owner shall, upon conviction, incur a forfeiture. The amounts for each violation shall forfeiture amount set from time to time by ordinance in the Fine and Forfeiture Schedule of the Village of Greenville.[1] Each calendar day the violation exists shall be deemed a separate offense.
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Editor's Note: The Fine and Forfeiture Schedule is on file in the Village offices.