[Adopted as Secs. 26/I/8 through 26/I/10 of the 1976 Code]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 28, § 28-7, for authority to assign street numbers.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
Street numbers shall each cover a frontage of 20 feet, more or less, at the discretion of the City Engineer, and be measured continuously from end to end of the street with the odd numbers on the southerly and easterly sides and the even numbers on the northerly and westerly sides of all streets. On any streets already wholly or partially numbered, said Engineer shall assign such number as he shall deem will best correspond with the majority of numbers already used on said street; and he shall also assign a new number whenever he finds that the number in use thus fails to correspond, but he shall not have authority to renumber a street unless such renumbering is ordered by the City Council, which it may do whenever it deems it necessary.
[Amended 6-21-1988; 3-16-1993 by Ord. No. 93-7; 4-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-12]
A. 
Prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit, the proper placement of numbers shall be as required by the City Ordinances, Article I, §§ 243-1 through 243-4; the owner and occupant of every tenement and building situated on any street, public or private, shall cause to be placed and maintained above or about the outside doors fronting on the street, but not to include the stoop, or on the front corner of every tenement or building having its entrance on the side thereof, such number or numbers as may be assigned thereto by the City Engineer, said numbers to be in figures not less than four inches in height for buildings 25 feet or less from the property line, and six inches for buildings beyond 25 feet from the property line, and to be so placed as to be easily observed from the street in front of the premises. Where buildings are not easily observed from the street, the owner and/or occupant shall cause to be placed and maintained at the entrance thereof a sign with the number or numbers as may be assigned by the City Engineer, indicating the location of the premises.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BUILDING, FRONT
(1) 
The numbers that are assigned on corner lots shall be based on where the main or primary entrance to the house faces the street.
(2) 
Any housing unit set back from the street shall display a number at the driveway entrance.
(3) 
Any housing unit on the side of a building where there is no door facing the street shall display a number on the portion of the building facing the street.
(4) 
The number must be visible from the street in the opinion of the City Engineer and in any questionable situations.
[Amended 6-21-1988]
A. 
Whoever shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this article within 30 days after a notice, in writing, delivered to the owner or occupant of such tenement or building, of the number or numbers so assigned by the City Engineer shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a penalty of $100.
[Amended 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 00-13]
B. 
If the owner or occupant of any building or tenement fails to number the same in accordance with the provisions of this article, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer to place the proper number or numbers thereon and the cost thereof may be assessed by the City Council upon said owner or occupant, not to exceed a maximum penalty of $50.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
[Added 6-21-1988]
The owners and occupants of buildings and tenements who wish to place numbers in letter form may do so, provided that they meet the requirements of § 243-2 where numbers must be in figure form and in contrasting colors.