§ 6-396. Identification requirements.

(a)

Property identification number for all developed property. All property upon which houses, dwellings, buildings, businesses and other such structures are constructed within the city shall be considered developed property and shall have property identification numbers which shall be posted on the face or other appropriate side of the house, dwelling, business or structure in a manner and location so that the identification numbers are clearly readable to a person of normal vision from the roadway. If the house, dwelling, business or 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 number shall also be posted separate from the main structure (i.e., on a yard light post, entrance gate, driveway marker, mailbox, etc.) in a fashion that is clearly readable from the roadway. Such additional identification numbers shall be either located centrally between the side boundaries of the property or located immediately adjacent to the driveways providing ingress to the property and shall be located on the same side of the roadway as the property it identifies.

(b)

Numerals rather than script. The property identification number or address shall use numerals rather than script words and shall be not less than three inches in height. If the dwelling, building or structure is located more than 90 feet from the centerline of the traveled portion of the roadway, the identifying numbers shall be not less than four inches in height, but in any case the numbers shall be of a size sufficiently large so that the numbers are readable from the centerline of the roadway by a person of normal vision. Business and/or other commercial buildings shall use numbers with not less than four inches in height.

(c)

Color. The color of the numbers shall be in contrast with the immediate background on which they are mounted.

(Code 1977, § 6-21; Ord. No. 207, § 6.21, 9-12-1994)