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Title 16 : Streets and Sidewalks, etc.
Chapter 5 : Uniform Property Identification System

16-503 : Posting of designated street address.

  1. Each principal building shall display the number assigned to the frontage on which the front entrance is located. In case a principal building is occupied by more than one (1) business or family dwelling unit, each separate front entrance may display a separate number.
  2. Numerals indicating the official numbers for each principal building or each front entrance to such building shall be placed either over or at the side of the main entrance of said building or upon the front of any porch or stoop thereof or over or at the side of any gateway leading thereto, or upon the steps thereof in such a manner that the same may be plainly seen and distinguishable from the street on which the property is located and in such manner that the same shall not be hidden from view by an trees or shrubs or other obstructions.
  3. All building numbers displayed shall be permanent, legible figures not less than two and one-half inches (2-1/2") nor more than five inches (5") high and of a color contrasting to the building background.
  4. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant or person in charge of each principal building upon affixing the new numbers to remove any different number which might be mistaken for, or confused with, the number assigned to said structure by the E-911 Center. (2009 Code, § 16-503)