(A) Display required. Every building or structure, both new and pre-existing, shall havedisplayed the proper street address number, in accordance with the following criteria:
(1) One- and two-family dwellings.
(a) The digits used for street address numbers shall be at least four inches in height and made of a durable and clearly visible material, which shall contrast with the background. Two-family dwellings shall have each individual unit clearly and permanently identified in numerical or alphabetical order, without duplication.
(b) Digits shall be conspicuously placed, so that the street address number is plainly visible from the street from which the address is derived. Generally, digits shall be placed immediately above, on, or adjacent to, the main entrance of each building.
(c) If the structure is located on the property so that the posted numbers are not clearly readable from the roadway, due to distance or intervening sight barriers such as, but not limited to, shrubbery, terrain features or structures, the identification numbers shall also be posted separate from the main structure in a fashion that is clearly readable from the adjacent roadway. Such additional identification numbers shall be either located centrally between the side boundaries of the property or located immediately adjacent to the driveway providing ingress to the property, and shall be located on the same side of the adjacent roadway as the property it identifies.
(2) Multiple-family, commercial, and industrial buildings.
(a) All multiple-family, commercial, and industrial buildings shall have each individual unit clearly and permanently identified in numerical or alphabetical order, without duplication.
(b) If the structure is located more than 90 feet from the centerline of the traveled portion of the adjacent roadway, the identifying number shall be not less than six inches in height, but in any case such numbers shall be of a size sufficiently large so that they are readable from the centerline of the adjacent roadway by a person of normal vision. Size and type of letters is subject to the review of the Fire Marshal and/or Building Official and shall be submitted as a part of the building permit application. In no case shall a certificate of occupancy be granted before letters meeting the requirements of the Fire Marshal are in place on the buildings.
(c) If the structure is located on the property so that the posted numbers are not clearly readable from the roadway, due to distance or intervening sight barriers such as, but not limited to, shrubbery, terrain features or structures, the identification numbers shall also be posted separate from the main structure in a fashion that is clearly readable from the adjacent roadway. Such additional identification numbers shall be either located centrally between the side boundaries of the property or located immediately adjacent to the driveway providing ingress to the property, and shall be located on the same side of the adjacent roadway as the property it identifies.
(d) Owners of buildings that are connected with or located so close to other buildings as to prevent access between such buildings and which require a different route of access to the rear than that to the front of the building shall cause the correct business name and street numbers to be placed on the rear entrance door or immediately adjacent thereto. Such names and numbers shall be not less than four or more than six inches in height, and must consist of standard manufactured letters and/or numerals in a color contrasting to the background upon which they are placed. The name and number shall be placed so as to be plainly visible and readable from the alley, service drive, easement, parking lot or any other rear access. Generally, digits shall be placed immediately above, on, or adjacent to, the rear entrance of each building.
(B) Responsibility for compliance. If an owner, lessee or occupant of any building or structure fails, refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of this section, the Building Inspection Department, Fire Marshal, and/or other department or enforcement officer(s) designated by the Commission to enforce these provisions shall serve written notification on such person, either personally or by mail, advising such person of the applicable provisions of the section, the manner of noncompliance, the time to remedy the noncompliance, and the penalty for violating this section.
(Ord. 794, passed 12-9-96) Penalty, see § 150.99