(A) All properties within the county shall be numbered for the purposes of public safety, taxation, and provision of services.
(B) All principal buildings and leasable/salable portions of the buildings which have separate and direct outside entrances shall have the site number permanently and prominently displayed, at the expense of the owners or occupants thereof, so as to be clearly visible and identifiable at all times during daylight hours to persons in vehicles traveling in both directions of the street upon which the structure is located.
(C) The property number shall be a minimum of three inches in height and shall be affixed to the structure at a point at least three feet above ground level. If the structure is not visible from the public or private right-of-way upon which the structure is located, the site number may also be displayed in such a manner that satisfies the visibility requirements in division (B) above. Notwithstanding the above, where more than one principal building is located upon a property and where the site number is clearly displayed at the street entrance to the property, each principal building shall not be required to display the site number so long as each building is clearly identified by a building number or letter.
(D) Structures with multiple units shall have each major doorway labeled with a range of numbers, letters, or other authorized unit designations when the doorway leads to more than one leasable/salable unit of a building. The designations shall be used to distinguish individual suites, units, rooms, or apartments within the same building or structure and served by single door. No more than five characters may be used in the unit designations. The designations shall contain only letters or numbers. If abbreviations are used, they must follow the United States Postal Service’s Standards for Secondary Address Unit Designators.
(E) The Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission, with assistance from the United States Postal Service pertaining to existing roadways, shall solely be authorized to assign or cause to be assigned a property number, site number, and/or a building number where appropriate so as to ensure no duplication of numbers or street names. The Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission, City Clerk, and County Clerk shall maintain a street index file containing the official list of valid street names.
(F) No private access easement shall be named without the prior approval of the Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission. All private access easements that are named with the approval of the Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission shall have a regulation street sign, purchased and erected at the expense of the owners, placed at each intersection of the named easement and any other named easement or street.
(Prior Code, § 28.200) (Ord. 96-5, passed 2-29-1996)