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It shall be the duty of the city engineer, in numbering the houses or buildings upon the streets of the city, to adopt a numbering system in accordance with the Salt Lake County addressing system, allowing one number every 8.25 feet. The initial point shall be the junction of Main Street and South Temple, and the numbering shall extend east, west, north and south with even numbers always on the right, and odd numbers always on the left, looking away from the initial point. In numbering such streets which do not strictly run in a compass direction, the city engineer shall attempt to make such numbering as consistent as possible with the scheme expressed above. (Ord. 88-86 § 63, 1986: prior code § 41-6-2)
It is unlawful for any person to erect a house or building within the limits of the city without numbering such house or building with the number designated by the public works director, or for the occupant of any house or building, or for the owner or agent of any unoccupied habitable house or building, to fail for a longer period than ten (10) days after notice from the public works director so to do, to number such a house or building with the number designated by the public works director. (Prior code § 41-6-6)
Upon application being made to the public works director, he/she shall issue a certificate giving the correct street number for such house or building, for which he/she shall charge and receive the fee shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. (Ord. 24-11, 2011)
When such number has been designated by the public works director, the owner or occupant of such house or building shall cause a painted, carved or cast duplicate of such number at least three inches (3") in height and of a shade in contrast to the background upon which the number is mounted to be placed in a conspicuous position upon the front of such house or building, in a permanent, stationary and durable manner, unobstructed at all times by vines, screens or anything that would tend to hide or obscure the number, and so that the number will be clearly perceptible from a distance of one hundred fifty feet (150'). (Prior code § 41-6-7)
It is unlawful for any person to number any house or building in any manner other than that prescribed in this chapter, and it is unlawful for any block or row of houses to be hereafter designated by a distinct numbering of the houses situated therein, and it shall be the duty of the owners of all such blocks or rows of houses now numbered in any manner other than described in this chapter to immediately cause such numbers to conform to the provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 41-6-9)