(A) Display of street numbers required.
(1) It shall be the duty of the owner, owner’s agent, renter or lessee, or occupant of residential property or the owner, owner’s agent, lessee, renter whether a person, firm, business, partnership, corporation or other occupant for business purposes of commercial or business property situated in the city to fail to place thereon in some conspicuous place an officially assigned street number that meets or exceeds the specifications described in this section so that such number may be plainly seen and observed from the street.
(2) When a plat delineating and prescribing the manner and method of numbering houses in the city has been approved by the City Council and Zoning Board, the number thereon designated shall be termed the official number, and it shall be the duty of the building inspector, or such other official or employee as the City Council may designate, upon application, to give the correct and official number for houses, businesses and be required to state the street upon which the house, business or building is situated from the nearest cross street.
(3) It shall be the duty of the owner, owner’s agent, renter or lessee, or occupant of residential home property or the owner, owner’s agent, lessee, renter whether a person, firm, business, partnership, corporation or other occupant for business purposes of commercial or business property situated in the city to have placed an official and correct number thereon, but in case the owner is a nonresident of the city, it shall be the duty of his or her agent, when such owner, agent or occupant is notified by the Building Inspector, or such other official as the City Council may designate, to replace such official number on such home, business or building; provided, that such owner, agent or occupant so notified shall be allowed five days from the date of receipt of the notice to place such official number on the home, business or building.
(4) The official number herein referred to shall be at least be at least three inches high and composed of a material which will resist tarnish, corrosion or weathering from action of the elements; provided however, that nothing herein shall prohibit any number from being painted by any person when such character of material is used as will, in the judgment of the Building Inspector, be sufficient in strength, durability and service to prevent becoming obscured and unreadable.
(B) Specifications for residential house numbering on curb and gutters. Hereafter no numbers indicating the house number shall be painted on the curb and gutters of streets and highways within the city unless they shall meet the following specifications, to wit:
(1) Paint.
(a) White background paint shall be regular street marking paint.
(b) Black number paint shall be flat black industrial grade.
(2) Numbers.
(a) Numbers used shall be three inches high gothic style.
(b) Numbers to be in black.
(3) Background.
(a) Background shall be rectangular four by nine inches in size.
(b) Background shall be white.
(c) Businesses with a store front constructed primarily of display glass and doorways may chose to display the number from the interior side of the glass without the background paint required in this subsection.
(4) Workmanship.
(a) Background and numbers shall be neatly applied with straight distinct lines for the rectangular background.
(b) Numbers shall be formed by using stencils or methods giving results equal to stencils.
(C) Permit required. Any person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or organization that is engaged or employed within the city capable of meeting the specifications herein obtained by the exhibition and demonstration satisfactory to the City Administrator, Building Inspector or a representative official of the city shall first secure a permit from the city to become engaged in the business of placing residential house numbers on the curb or gutters of streets and highways in the city at the property owner’s expense.
(D) Authority to enforce. Authority to enforce this section shall be vested in the City Administrator, Building Inspector or their designated official city employee and the Police Department.
(Ord. 747, passed 4-12-94) Penalty, see § 10.99