For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined and construed to mean as follows:
(A) 
VILLAGE OF BROWNSTOWN or VILLAGE — The territorial limits of the Village of Brownstown, Fayette County, Illinois, as now comprised or hereafter changed.
(B) 
LOTS — Those lots of the original town or annexed additions to the Village as reflected upon the various plats thereof.
(C) 
STREETS — Those streets and public ways dedicated to public use within the Village.
(D) 
STREET NUMBER — That identifying number and name designated and assigned under the provisions hereof to all lots and structures located within the Village.
(E) 
STRUCTURE — Any residence, apartment building, hotel or motel building, business building, commercial building, warehouse or other improvement upon real estate intended for residential, business, commercial, industrial or warehouse use, within the Village, including any mobile home or trailer placed upon a lot but not permanently affixed thereto so as to become a fixture.
From and after the effective date of this article:
(A) 
All structures located within the Village shall be assigned a street number in accordance with the provisions hereafter set forth.
(B) 
All vacant lots located within the Village shall be assigned a street number in accordance with the provisions hereafter set forth.
(C) 
The owner or occupant of a structure located within the Village shall display such structure's assigned street number at a convenient and conspicuous location upon the front of said structure or some other object in front of such structure, in permanent numbers not less than three inches in height.
(D) 
The owner of a vacant lot to which a street number has been assigned shall not be obligated to display such number until such time as a structure has been placed upon the lot or some portion thereof.
The assignment of street numbers for the purposes of this article shall be made in substantial compliance with the following provisions:
(A) 
A street number shall be comprised of three distinct elements:
(1) 
First, a three- or four-digit number, the latter two digits of which shall be the number within a block assigned hereunder to the location, and the first or first and second digits of which shall be the numerical designation of the block concerned from the axial streets hereafter designated.
(2) 
Second, a directional designation, being either "north," "south," "east" or "west," indicating the direction of the location from the axial streets hereafter designated.
(3) 
Third, the name of the street upon which the structure or lot fronts.
(4) 
The foregoing rules are exemplified as follows:
(a) 
The number "102 East Main Street" would designate a structure in the first block east of the north-south axial street, fronting Main Street.
(b) 
The number "1403 South Second Street" would designate a structure in the fourteenth block south of the east-west axial street, fronting on Second Street.
(B) 
The axial streets, for purposes of assigning street numbers, shall be Main Street and First Street. All structures and lots fronting on streets having a generally north-south direction or course shall be given a directional designation of "North" if situated north of Main Street and "South" if situated south of Main Street. All structures and lots fronting on streets having a generally east-west direction or course shall be given a directional designation of "East" if situated east of First Street and "West" if situated west of First Street.
(C) 
Numbers shall be assigned such that structures and lots fronting the south side of streets with a generally east-west direction or course shall bear an even-numbered ending digit, and those on the north side an odd-numbered ending digit, and those structures and lots fronting the west side of streets with a generally north-south direction or course shall bear an odd-numbered ending digit, and those on the east side an even-numbered ending digit.
(D) 
Numbers for lots shall be assigned based upon a twenty-five-foot width per number, i.e., each twenty-five -foot, or portion thereof, width along a street shall be assigned a corresponding number. For purposes of the application of this rule, it is understood that as to the Blocks of the original town and any others within the Village similarly situated — being 300 feet north-south inclusive of alley — the alley shall be included for purposes of the twenty-five-foot configuration, and any lot platted as less than 50 feet in width — such as, for example, Lots 4 and 11 in Block 8 — shall be considered a separately numberable lot of irregular size. In addition, where lots are of irregular shape and size, the twenty-five-foot measuring rule shall apply substantially as to the fronting footage upon the street concerned.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(E) 
A structure shall be assigned its number upon the street toward which its front or principal means of entry is located, the same to be that number which is assigned to the twenty-five-foot width within which the front entry, or the most substantial portion thereof, is located. Those structures situated upon the corner intersection of two streets not having a clearly definable front or principal entry shall be assigned a number upon either street in accordance with this article, with the advice of the owner or occupant.
(F) 
Where two or more structures exist at a singly numberable location, or, within a single structure, two or more distinct residences or enterprises exist, whereby a separate number should be additionally assigned, the principal building or occupant shall be assigned the original street number and the other shall be assigned a number comprised of the original number with a suffix of "1/2" or letter designation, such as "-A."
(G) 
Where a number of structures or living units exist as multistructure location (such as apartments), the same may be assigned a principal street number based upon substantial compliance with the provisions above and each structure or unit assigned a separate number comprised of the main street number with consecutive letter suffixes.
The terms of this article shall be administered as follows:
(A) 
The designation and assignment of street numbers in accordance with this article shall be made by the Building and Equipment; Street, Water and Sewer Committee of the Village Board, with the advice of the Village Clerk and such non-Board advisory committee as the President, with the Board's advice and consent, shall, from time to time appoint.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(B) 
As circumstances may dictate, the Building and Equipment; Street, Water and Sewer Committee is authorized to change street numbers upon its own action or upon the request of any interested person; provided, however, the Committee shall first determine that such contemplated change will not result in undue hardship to any person, firm or corporation affected by such change.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(C) 
For purposes of identification, that portion of U.S. Route 40 which lies within the territorial limits of the Village shall be known and identified as "Cumberland Road."
(D) 
Upon the assignment of numbers under this article, the Village Clerk shall notify the owner or occupant of structures of the number assigned and the owner or occupant shall have two weeks from the receipt of such notice within which to display the same.
(E) 
All numbers heretofore or presently given structures within the Village are inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby set aside, voided and held for naught, and shall be replaced by the street numbers assigned hereunder.
This article shall be enforceable as follows:
(A) 
Before water or sewer service to a structure may be instituted, the Village Clerk shall verify that the street number is displayed upon the same in accordance herewith and such services shall not be instituted until such number is displayed.
(B) 
The Village Clerk, at the direction of the President or Building and Equipment; Street, Water and Sewer Committee, shall notify, in writing, any owner or occupant of a structure upon which the street number is not displayed in accordance with this article. In the event such number is not properly displayed within 14 days of the receipt of such notice, penalties hereafter provided may be imposed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(C) 
Any property owner or occupant failing or refusing to display a structure's street number in accordance with this article shall be subject to the penalty in § 1-1-41 of the Village Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 21688]