HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O99-13 ORDINANCE NO. O99-13
AMENDING CHAPTER 15.10 OF THE
LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana, that Section 15.10 of the Laurel Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
15.10.010 Display required.
All houses, buildings or structures used or intended for use as a 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.
15.10.020 Authority of """ ....
~..~ w~ ..... r Director of the Public Works
Department to designate.
Thev~:~ ..... ~..~...~.; .... Director of the Public Works Department, or his
designee, shall designate the proper address numbers for all houses, buildings or
structures required to be numbered by Section 15.10.010. The
Director of the Public Works Department, or his designee, shall have the power to
change such numbers when, in his judgment, such change is necessary to avoid or
eliminate confusion with other numbers.
15.10.030 Record to be kept.
The ~ Director of the Public Works Department, or his
designee, shall keep a record of all proper address numbers and shall furnish such
numbers to any person requesting same.
15.10.040 Applicable to new construction.
Any person erecting or remodeling any house, building or structure
required to be numbered by Section 15.10.010 shall ascertain from the city
engLn::r Director of the Public Works Department, or his designee, the proper
address number for such house, building or structure and shall display the number
as provided by this chapter.
15.10.050 Specifieations.
All address numbers shall be displayed with Arabic numerals, winch shall
be a minimum of three and one-half inches and a maximum of eighteen inches in
height having a minimum stem width of one-half inch and shall be of a
contrasting color with the building. No address number shall be obscured from
view by vegetation, screening or other means.
15.10.060 Alternative display required when.
A different method of address display may be required by the city
e~ Director of the Public Works Department for a house, building or
structure which is located further from a street than the nom~al front yard setback.
15.10.070 Compliance required.
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 chapter in any way, when so informed and
notified by the c~.%T engineer Director of the Public Work~~ Department shall put
up a number so that the proper number will be displayed, or shall take any
necessary action to comply with this chapter, within th~y ~ays e~er the d~e cf
the time specified in the notice.
15.10.080 Violation - Penalty.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty ora
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars. 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 chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall may
be punished accordingly.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage
by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the Laurel
City Council on April 6, 1999, by Alderman c/alton
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading
this 20th day of April, 1999, upon a motion by Alderman
Orr
APPROVED by the Mayor this 20th day of April, 1999.
CITY OF LAUREL
Charles G: Rodgers, Mayo~
Donald L. Hackmann, Clerk-Treasurer
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