ARTICLE 6. NUMBERING BUILDINGS

4-601. Numbering of buildings.

The owner and occupants of all lots in this city are hereby required to number the buildings thereon, according to the following method:

(a) On all streets running east and west, the buildings shall be numbered from First Street, commencing with the number 100 and each successive block with one additional hundred, to the eastern and western limits of the street. The even numbers shall be placed on the north side of each street and the odd numbers on the south side, to be so arranged that the numbers in each and all blocks lying between the same streets running north and south shall correspond and be the same. The counting shall not exceed one number to each 25 feet;

(b) On all the streets running north and south, the buildings shall be numbered from Ames Street, commencing with the number 100 and each successive block with one additional hundred to the northern or southern limits of the street. The even numbers shall be placed on the east side of each street and the odd numbers on the west side, to be so arranged that the numbers in each and all blocks lying between the same streets running east and west shall correspond and be the same. All numbers shall be assigned by the city clerk. The counting shall not exceed one number to each 25 feet.

(Code 1971, 4-601)

4-602. Placing of numbers.

The figures of each number put on any building shall be not less than five inch numerals in a contrasting color and shall be conspicuously placed on the front of the structure and visible from the road. Structures concealed from view shall have a post installed at the property line and the numbers shall be visible from the road.

(Ord. 1049, Sec. 7; Code 2004)

4-603. Buildings to be numbered within 30 days.

All occupants and owners of the buildings in this city are hereby required to number or cause to be numbered, their buildings, respectively owned or occupied by them, according to the provisions of this article. If at any time hereafter any new building shall be erected on any of the streets of this city, the owners or occupants thereof within 30 days after the completion or occupation of the building shall number the same as hereinbefore provided for buildings already erected.

(Code 1971, 4-603)