§ 8-14. Numbering.

The owner and manager of each structure or occupancy shall affix official street address numbers assigned to each building and each unit as follows:

(a)

Multi-family dwelling communities.

(1)

Street number required. The owner and manager shall post street address numbers or other identifying numbers designated by the city on each multi-family dwelling community structure; shall post the range of street address numbers at each entrance to the multi-family dwelling community; if there is a name sign posted at each entrance, shall post the range of street address numbers on this sign; and, if there are covered parking structures, shall post the building address numbers on the faces of the covered parking structures adjacent to the fire lane or access way at all locations that provide pedestrian access to a building. The street address numbers required by this subsection shall be at least six (6) inches in height with a one-inch-stroke and otherwise comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(2)

Dwelling unit numbers required.

a.

The owner and manager shall post on each dwelling unit in a multi-family dwelling community structure at its main entrance a number distinguishing the unit from all other units in the structure. The numbers shall be no less than one and one-half (1½) inches in height and the stroke shall be one-fourth (¼) inch and comply with the requirements of section 8-16 of this chapter.

b.

In a multi-family dwelling community which has more than one (1) vehicular access to one (1) or more structures, the city may require the posting of more than one (1) set of street numbers or other identifying numbers on each structure in order that each structure may be identified from each vehicular access point. The street address numbers or other identifying numbers required by this subsection shall be at least six (6) inches in height with a one-inch stroke and otherwise comply with the material requirements of section 8-16 of this chapter.

c.

A multi-family dwelling community that provides no more than four (4) dwelling units, has a building line no more than fifty (50) feet from the nearest edge of the nearest street or access way, has posted street numbers on it that are at least three (3) inches in height and is otherwise in compliance with sections 8-15 and 8-16 of this chapter is exempt from this subsection.

(b)

Commercial and industrial buildings.

(1)

Single structures. The owner and manager of each commercial and industrial building shall have posted on it at the front entrance and at the rear entrance, if there is a rear entrance, street address and suite numbers designated by the city. Street address numbers shall be of the size and of the material required in sections 8-15 and 8-16 of this chapter.

(2)

Complexes of multiple structures.

a.

If there is more than one (1) structure forming a commercial or industrial building complex, the owner and manager of the complex shall post the street address number designated by the city at the main driveway entrance from the public street to the complex and shall post on each structure at the front entrance and at the rear entrance, if there is a rear entrance, a street address or suite number distinguishing it from all other structures in the complex.

b.

Where in a commercial or industrial building complex, there is more than one (1) vehicular access to each structure, the city may require the posting of more than one (1) set of numbers on each structure in order that each structure may be identified from each vehicular access point. The street address numbers required by this subsection shall be at least six (6) inches in height with a one-inch-stroke and otherwise comply with the requirements of section 8-16 of this chapter.

(c)

Single-family, duplex, triplex. The owner of each single-family, duplex, and triplex dwelling structure shall place on it the proper street number designated by the city in some conspicuous place in order that the numbers can be seen and read from the street. The owner of each single-family, duplex, and triplex dwelling structure with a rear doorway or entryway shall also place the proper street number on the rear of the premises in some conspicuous place in order that the numbers can be seen and read from the alley or rear entrance. The size and stroke width of the street address number shall be that designated by section 8-15 and of the material designated by section 8-16 of this chapter.

(d)

Manufactured homes in manufactured home communities. The owner and occupant of each manufactured home located in a manufactured home community shall post and maintain the proper street address numbers matching the street address numbers posted on the manufactured home's lot or pad, designated by the city on the side of the manufactured home facing the nearest vehicular access to the manufactured home. Neither the owner nor the occupant of any manufactured home located in a manufactured home community shall post any other street address numbers on the manufactured home except those designated by the building official for the lot or pad on which the manufactured home is located. The owner and manager of each manufactured home community shall post and maintain the proper street address numbers designated by the building official on each lot or pad in the manufactured home park in addition to any street address numbers posted on the manufactured homes. The size and stroke width of the street address number shall be that designated by section 8-15 and of the material designated by section 8-16 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2008-9000, § 2, 10-2-08)