(A) (1) All persons, firms, corporations and other legal entities constructing new structures or locating or relocating mobile homes in the county are asked from and after this date to obtain an address notification form duly issued by the addressing authority.
(2) Applicants should apply for the address notification form with the addressing authority, who is located at the County Courthouse. The addressing authority will furnish the applicant with a copy to present to the United States Post Office.
(3) Immediately upon the filing of the address notification form, the addressing authority shall assign a number and address to the structure. The addressing authority shall keep a record of all numbers and addresses assigned.
(B) (1) The owner or occupant or person in charge of any house, building, mobile home or other structure to which a number has been assigned:
(a) Shall, within 30 days after the receipt of the number, affix the number in a conspicuous manner in a conspicuous place; and
(b) Shall, within 30 days, remove any different number which might be mistaken for or confused with the number assigned to the structure by the issuing authority.
(2) Each principal building or structure shall display the number assigned to the frontage on which the front entrance is located. In case the principal building or structure is occupied by more than one business or family dwelling unit, each separate front entrance may display a separate number.
(3) Numerals indicating the official numbers for each principal building, or each front entrance to the building, shall be posted in a manner as to be legible and distinguishable from the street or road on which the property is located, with numbers applied, of not less than two inches in height.
(4) Mailboxes shall be marked with the house number.
(5) If the structure is not visible from the street or road on which it is located and no mailbox is beside the driveway leading to the structure, a sign or number post shall be erected to display the number which may be displayed either vertically from the top down or horizontally.
(C) In the event that the owner or occupant or person in charge of any house or building refuses to comply with the terms of this section by failing to affix the number assigned within 30 days after notification, or by failing within the period of 30 days to remove any old numbers affixed to the house, house entrance or elsewhere, which may be confused with the number assigned thereto, appropriate responding units, i.e. fire, rescue or police, cannot be held responsible.
(D) This section is limited to structures in the county and the maintenance of the enhanced 911 emergency response system for structures within the corporate limits of the Cities of Hustonville, Crab Orchard and Stanford shall be controlled by the ordinances and regulations of the county.
(Ord. 114, passed 3-12-1991) Penalty, see § 33.99