§ 10-131. Address numbers required.

(a)

All buildings, whether commercial or residential, fronting on any street or alley in the city shall be numbered by the owner thereof, according to the address assigned to said building by the city engineering department.

(b)

The owner(s) of apartments, condominiums, townhomes, business and industrial complexes having a single or common street address shall have a numbering system to identify each individual unit in said complex. Numbers shall be affixed by the owner(s) to the entry door of each unit. Separate complex buildings containing two (2) or more individual units shall be identified by affixing a building number or letter on the side of said building facing the !nearest drivable approach. Numbers shall be affixed below Said building identification number(s)/letter(s) representing the lowest through the highest numbered individual units contained in said building.

(c)

The owner(s) of hotels, motels, hospitals, nursing/retirement homes, private and public schools, or office buildings containing multi-offices shall affix numbers on each separate office, room, suite, etc. in said building(s). *Private/executive entrances to offices may be exempted by the fire official.

(d)

The owner(s) of a mobile home park having a single or common street address shall identify each separate mobile home in said park by affixing numbers to the end or side of said mobile home that is most visible when approached by a vehicle.

(e)

Number sizes, color, and maintenance:

(1)

Commercial and residential street address numbers shall be no less than three (3) inches in height.

(2)

Individual unit identification numbers on apartment/office doors shall be no less than two (2) inches in height.

(3)

Complex building identification numbers/letters shall be no less than six (6) inches in height. Lowest and highest numbers affixed under the building identification shall be no less than three (3) inches in height.

(4)

Numbers identifying individual units of a multi-unit business/industrial complex having outside entrances shall be no less than three (3) inches in height.

(5)

Ail numbers/letters shall be of contrasting color from the surface to which they are mounted and may be reflective if so desired.

(6)

Numbers/letters shall be properly maintained so that they are clearly visible at all times.

(Ord. No. 644, § 2, 10-12-92)