[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Waterloo 7-10-1995 by L.L. No. 6-1995 (Ch. 27, Art.
IIIA, of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and shall be cited
as the "Building Numbering Law of the Village of Waterloo."
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to
protect and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants
of the Village of Waterloo by requiring that each structure fronting
on any public or private street in the Village of Waterloo have displayed
in the front thereof the building number assigned to said structure
by the Village Clerk-Treasurer in order to enable the providers of
public and private emergency, mail, delivery and other services and
the general public to locate and to identify such structure in cases
of emergency and otherwise.
This chapter shall apply to all residential,
commercial and industrial structures heretofore or hereafter erected
within the Village of Waterloo and fronting on any public or private
street.
A.
A building number shall be assigned by the Village
Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Waterloo. The owner of an existing
structure to which a building number has not been assigned shall,
within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter, make application
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer requesting the assignment of a building
number to such structure.
B.
On and after the effective date of this chapter, all
building permit applications for the erection of structures requiring
building numbers shall be accompanied by an application for the assignment
of a building number.
A.
The owner of each structure to which a building number
has been assigned shall, within 30 days after the assignment thereof,
cause said number to be permanently and conspicuously displayed in
the front of such structure in accordance with the specifications
of this chapter.
B.
A building number shall be:
(1)
In Arabic numerals;
(2)
Of such a size, at least four inches in height, with
a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch, and of contrasting color so as
to be readily readable from the street on which the structure fronts;
and
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(3)
Affixed to the front of the structure or affixed to
a post, rod, mailbox or other fixture and located in such a manner
that the view of said number is unobstructed from the street upon
which the structure fronts.
Apartments located within a structure to which
this chapter applies shall be numbered by the owner of said structure,
and the apartment number shall be displayed in such a manner that
the entrance to each apartment is readily ascertainable.
