HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 910 ORDINANCE NO. 910
ADDING SECTION 15.14.010, DISPLAY OF
ADDRESS NUMBERS, TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL
CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Laurel that
Section 15.14.010 is hereby added to the Laurel Municipal Code
to read as follows:
Section 15.14.010 Display of Address Numbers.
1. Address number required. All houses, buildings or structures
used or intended for use as living quarters or as a place
for the conduct of business in the City or the City's
building permit jurisdictional area shall have a designated
address number conspicuously displayed above or near a door
or entrance that faces a public or private street.
2. Designation of address numbers. The City Engineer, or his
designee, shall designate the proper address numbers for
all houses, buildings or structures required to be numbered
by paragraph 1. The City Engineer, or his designee, shall
have the power to change such numbers when, in his judge-
ment, such change is necessary to avoid or eliminate con-
fusion with other numbers.
3. Record of address numbers. The City Engineer, or his
designee, shall keep a record of all proper address
numbers and shall furnish such numbers to any person
requesting same.
4. House, building or structure being erected or remodeled
required to be numbered. Any person erecting or remodeling
any house, building or structure required to be numbered
by paragraph i shall ascertain from the City Engineer, or
his designee, the proper address number for such house,
building or structure and shall display said number as
provided in this article.
5. Specifications for display of address number. All address
numbers shall be displayed with arabic numerals, which shall
be a minimum of three and one-half (3½) inches and a
maximum of eighteen (18) inches in height having a
minimum stem width of one-half (½) inch and shall be of
a contrasting color with the building. NO address number
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shall be obscured from view by vegetation, screening
or other means.
6. Alternative method of address display. A different
method of address display may be required by the City
Engineer for a house, building or structure which is
located further from a street than the normal front
yard setback.
7. Compliance required; correction of violations. Any
person owning, leasing, occupying or maintaining any
house, building or structure which has no number displayed
thereon, which displays an incorrect number, or violates
this article in any way, when so informed and notified
by the City Engineer shall put up a number, shall change
the incorrect number so that the proper number will be
displayed, or shall take any necessary action to comply
with this article, within thirty (30) days after the
date of such notice.
8. Penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions
of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof is punishable by a fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Each such person shall
be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day
during any portion of which any violation of any provision
of this article is committed, continued, or permitted
by such person, and shall be punished accordingly.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on
April 7, 1987, by Alderman Dicke~son
PASSED by the Laurel City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor
this 21st day of April, 1987.
This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
final passage by the Laurel City C~uncil.
GauthiJJ~ay~r
Bo~
Donald L. Hackmann, City~lerk
A~s t~f~rm~~ l~\ I
Jos h M.~radley, City Atty ~-