Legal Documents of Rocky Top

Code of Rocky Top

Rocky Top
Title 16 : Streets and Sidewalks, etc.
Chapter 3 : Street Names And Property Numbers

16-304 : How properties to be numbered.

  1. All properties or parcels of land within the corporate limits of Rocky Top, Tennessee, shall hereafter be identified by reference to the uniform numbering system adopted herein. All existing numbers of property and buildings not now in conformity with provisions of this chapter shall be changed to conform to the system herein adopted within three (3) months from date of passage of these provisions.
  2. A separate number shall be assigned according to the interval designated in the following schedule and as indicated on the map of record in the recorder's office:
    1. Within commercial zones, a separate number shall be assigned for each twenty-five feet (25') of front footage.
    2. In the remaining area, a separate number shall be assigned for each fifty feet (50') of front footage.
  3. Each principal building shall bear 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) occupant, each separate front entrance of such principal building shall bear a separate number.
  4. Numerals indicating the official number for each principal building or each front entrance to such building shall be posted in a manner as to be visible from the street on which the property is located. (1996 Code, § 16-304)