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City of Strafford, MO
Greene County
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[Ord. No. 208-91 §1, 8-8-1991]
It shall be the duty of the owner, agent, lessor or occupant of every house or other building, except barns, garages and other buildings which are part of the same property with a numbered house or building, to place on every such building its proper street number.
[Ord. No. 208-91 §2, 8-8-1991]
A. 
Numbers shall be placed on existing houses and buildings within thirty (30) days from the time said owners, agents, lessors or occupants are notified either by mail, publication or telephone of the assignment of numbers to said houses as hereinafter provided.
B. 
Numbers shall be placed on newly constructed houses and buildings within thirty (30) days after construction is completed or becomes occupied, whichever occurs first.
[Ord. No. 208-91 §3, 8-8-1991]
A. 
The minimum height of each number shall be no less than four (4) inches and the maximum height of each number shall be no more than twelve (12) inches. The minimum width of each number shall be no less than one (1) inch.
B. 
The house numbers must be standard numerals. No Roman numerals, numbers spelled out in words or other form will be allowed.
C. 
The said numbers are to be of a color that are in contrast to the immediate background.
[Ord. No. 208-91 §4, 8-8-1991]
A. 
Proper numbering shall be required on each house, building or other structure on the street front and if there be an alley entrance, also at the alley entrance to the premises on which a said house, building or other structure is located. The number shall be placed either on the front transom bar, front transom glass, over the porch entrance, front show window, or over or on either side of the entrance.
B. 
The number shall be placed as to be in full view from the edge of the street. It shall further be unlawful to cover any house number with any sign, drapery or to allow any other obstruction tending to conceal such number from the edge of the street.
C. 
If there is an alley entrance, the house number shall be placed conspicuously at the said alley entrance.
[Ord. No. 208-91 §5, 8-8-1991]
All old numbers must be removed from any house, building or other structure if a new number has been assigned to said house, building or other structure.
[Ord. No. 208-91 §6, 8-8-1991; Ord. No. 820, 4-2-2018]
A. 
Numbers shall be assigned to houses and buildings from the township line between Townships 29 and 30 North (McCabe Street and Bluegrass Road), and from Madison Street south of said township line and Washington Street north of said township line.
B. 
All houses and buildings situated within the first (1st) block north of the township line between 100 and 199 inclusive; within the second (2nd) block numbers between 200 and 299 inclusive shall be used and so on in each succeeding block; and all numbers shall be indicated by adding the word "North" to the name of the street.
C. 
In like manner, the numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive shall be used in the first (1st) block south of the township line between Townships 29 and 39 North on intersecting streets and each succeeding 100 in each succeeding block; and the word "South" shall be added to the street name.
D. 
All houses and buildings situated within the first (1st) block east of Madison Street south of the township line between Townships 29 and 30 North on all intersecting streets shall be given numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive; within the second (2nd) block numbers between 200 and 299 inclusive shall be used and so on in each succeeding block; and all numbers shall be indicated by adding the word "East" to the name of the street.
E. 
In like manner, the numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive shall be used in the first (1st) block west of Madison Street south of the township line between Townships 29 and 30 North on intersecting streets and each succeeding 100 in each succeeding block; and the word "West" shall be added to the street name.
F. 
All houses and buildings situated within the first (1st) block east of Washington Street north of the township line between Townships 29 and 30 North on all intersecting streets shall be given numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive; within the second (2nd) block numbers between 200 and 299 inclusive shall be used and so on in each succeeding block; and all numbers shall be indicated by adding the word "East" to the name of the street.
G. 
In like manner, the numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive shall be used in the first (1st) block west of Washington Street north of the township line between Townships 29 and 30 North on intersecting streets and each succeeding 100 in each succeeding block; and the word "West" shall be added to the street name.