(a) Assignment of Numbers; Size and Material Specifications. All houses and buildings on all streets, lanes, alleys and avenues, or fronting on any public grounds of the Village, shall be numbered according to the provisions of this chapter.
(1) The numbers shall be assigned thereto by the Zoning Inspector upon a certificate issued upon request of any owner, agent, lessee or occupant of any premises.
(2) The numbers should be of aluminum, brass, enamelware, plastic, steel, wood or zinc, not less than two (2) inches by three (3) inches in size, or enamel plates not less than three (3) by six (6) inches in size.
(3) Any person may number his or her own house or building with such materials in an ornamental manner, subject to the limitations of this chapter.
(b) Location of Numbers. The figures of every number placed on any house, building or other structure shall be distinct and legible and placed in a conspicuous place in close proximity to the main entrance of the house, building or other structure and in full view of the street or other public way or ground.
(c) New Allotments. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector, from time to time as new allotments are formed and new buildings erected, to apply without delay the provisions of this chapter insofar as it is charged with the duty of executing the same.
(d) Numbering Scheme.
(1) Streets running in an eastward direction shall be numbered eastwardly, beginning at Bridge Street as a division line, with the odd numbers on the north and even numbers on the south of the streets. The first number on each street shall be number One Hundred (100).
(2) Streets running in a westward direction shall be numbered westward, beginning at the Bridge Street as a division line, with the even numbers on the north and odd numbers on the south of the streets. The first number on each street shall be number One Hundred (100).
(3) Streets running north shall be numbered northward, beginning at Third Street as a division line, with the even numbers on the east and the odd numbers on the west side of the streets. The first number on each street shall be number One Hundred (100).
(4) Streets running south shall be numbered southward, beginning at Third Street as a division line, with the odd numbers on the east and the even numbers on the west side of the streets. The first number on each street shall be number One Hundred (100).
(e) Time Limit. The owner, occupant, lessee or agent of any owner of any house, building or other structure shall cause the house, building or other structure to be numbered as provided in this chapter within 120 days.
(f) Noncompliance; Remedy of the Village. Any Law Enforcement Officers of the Village shall, and any other person may, report to the Zoning Inspector or Fiscal Officer, without delay, all cases coming respectively to their knowledge, of failure to number houses and buildings. Upon the failure of the owner, occupant, lessee or agent to affix the proper number thereto within 120 days, the same may be done immediately by the Zoning Inspector at the expense of the village, and the cost of the numbering shall be paid for by the owner or lessee of the house or building on which the same has been placed, and if not paid for on demand, may be charged as an additional tax upon the property and be collected with such other taxes as may be chargeable thereon.
(g) Defacing Numbers. No person shall interfere with, take down, alter or deface any number on any house, building or other structure, or put up or retain any number in an improper manner or substitute any other number on his or her house, building or other structure than the number specified and defined for the house, building or other structure pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(h) Penalty. Violations any of the provisions in this chapter shall be subject to the penalties listed in the Codified Ordinances of Perrysville, Section 1123.11.
(Ord. 998. Passed 11-2-20.)