[Ord. No. 11-2G §§1 — 5, 8-19-2002]
A. 
The Planning Administrator shall establish a system of street address numbering and assignment for every existing or future building, lot, parcel, or fraction thereof, on any street public or private.
B. 
The system shall be coordinated with the United States Postal Service, St. Francois County Joint Communications Center, and other agencies as necessary.
C. 
A building permit shall not be issued unless the applicant therefor has obtained an official street address number for such building.
D. 
It shall be an ordinance violation to use any number other than the official street address number for any building, lot, parcel or fraction thereof to which an official number has been assigned.
E. 
Street address numbers shall be posted upon all buildings to which they are assigned in accordance the applicable ordinances of the City.
[Ord. No. 15-10A §1, 5-19-2006]
A. 
No signs shall be permitted in any public rights-of-way of the City of Farmington, except as contained in this Section.
1. 
Signs erected by or on behalf of a government body to post legal notices, identify public property, convey public information and direct or regulate pedestrian traffic.
2. 
Emergency warning signs erected by a government agency, a public utility company or a private contractor doing work authorized or permitted within the public right-of-way.
3. 
Temporary special event signs across public rights-of-way.
a. 
Temporary special event signs shall be required through the Parks and Recreation Director.
b. 
The event or activity must be of a not-for-profit or community nature.
c. 
The sponsor of such an event must located at least partially within the boundaries of the City of Farmington.
d. 
The sponsor and event must be located at least partially within the boundaries of the City of Farmington.
e. 
The banner must be provided by the sponsor organization.
f. 
Modifications to such banners must be performed by the organization.
g. 
Banner(s) must be delivered to the Parks and Recreation Director at least three (3) days prior to the date the banner is to be displayed.
h. 
All banners must be reviewed for content prior to approval/scheduling.
i. 
Any questions arising as to the appropriateness of a request for displaying a banner will be forwarded to the appropriate committee of the City Council with recommendations by the Parks and Recreation Director and City Administrator.
j. 
Banners shall not exceed a total of forty (40) feet of letters per line and no more than two (2) lines of lettering total at one (1) location.
k. 
All banners shall include enough rope to span at least sixty (60) feet from rope end to rope end.
l. 
Banners will be displayed for no more than seven (7) consecutive days.
m. 
A two hundred dollar ($200.00) fee shall be paid prior to the display of the banner.
n. 
After the banner has been displayed and removed, the sponsor shall pick up the banner within ten (10) days from the Parks and Recreation Department.
4. 
Directional signs designed to assist the general public in finding a route to a public or private use from City thoroughfares may be placed within the public rights-of-way by the City at the expense of the identified use.
a. 
Directional signs shall be requested by interested parties through the Public Works Director.
b. 
Each directional sign may include the name and logo of each eligible use, a directional arrow and a distance indication.
c. 
Each directional sign to be placed individually shall be twelve (12) inches wide by eighteen (18) inches high.
d. 
Each directional sign to be mounted on a common sign structure may be a maximum of nine (9) square feet and shall be properly dimensioned for the sign structure utilized.
e. 
The number and placement of directional signs and sign structures shall be subject to the approval of the Public Works Director.
f. 
Any questions arising as to the appropriateness of a request for displaying a directional sign will be forwarded to the appropriate committee of the City Council with recommendations by the Public Works Director and City Administrator.
g. 
A one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee shall be paid prior to display of each advertisement and a one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee annually thereafter for the ordinary continued maintenance of the advertisement.
h. 
Signs which become dilapidated, unsightly, unsafe or a public nuisance or signs for which no annual maintenance fee has been paid may be removed by the City.
i. 
The replacement cost of any sign destroyed, stolen, vandalized or otherwise lost shall be the responsibility of the user.
5. 
Bus stop signs erected by a public transit company.
6. 
Signs lawfully erected prior to the existence of this Section may remain even though they do not comply with the provisions of this Section, unless they become dilapidated, unsightly, unsafe or constitute a public nuisance.
7. 
Any sign installed or placed on public property, except in conformance with all the requirements of this Section shall be forfeited to the public and subject to confiscation.