[R.O. 2011 § 500.180; R.O. 2010 § 500.200; Ord. No. 804 § 1, 6-7-2004]
A. 
The responsibility for the displaying of the assigned number for each house and building in the City shall rest with the property owner, trustee, lessee, agent or occupant of each house or building. Approved street address numbers shall be the address numbers assigned by the City of Owensville.
B. 
Such numbers shall be of such size and in such location to be visible from the nearest street. Address numbers shall be a minimum of three (3) inches in height and shall be located either near a building's main entrance or on a surface that is easily visible from the nearest street. Additional displays of assigned numbers may be displayed at the property owner's discretion. Assigned numbers shall be displayed with arabic numerals in a color that contrasts with the color of the subject house or building. Address displays in script are prohibited if used exclusively. Houses or buildings that are set back more than one hundred (100) feet from a street's curb shall be required to display address numbers within fifty (50) feet of the street curb.
C. 
Any property owner, trustee, lessee, agent or occupant found to be in violation of this Article shall be subject to a notice of violation and given ten (10) days to abate said nuisance. If said violation is not corrected within the ten (10) days allowed, it shall be an ordinance violation and punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day said violation remains may be a separate ordinance violation.