[Adopted 12-5-2017 by Ord. No. 192]
(a)
The Village Council of Baroda determines that emergency personnel,
such as police, fire and ambulance, are hampered in their efforts
to respond to emergencies because some homeowners do not have their
houses marked with visible numbers. Response time of emergency personnel
could be greatly enhanced if all homes in the Village of Baroda were
properly marked with house numbers visible to emergency crews.
(b)
MCLA 67.1 authorizes the Village Council to pass ordinances relating
to Village affairs. This article is intended to mandate that all homes
in the Village of Baroda have visible house numbers and to protect
the health and welfare of all Village citizens in case emergency personnel
need to respond to an emergency at the home. Consequently, it relates
to such Village affairs and is authorized under that statute to provide
for the general safety and welfare of Village inhabitants.
For the purpose of this article, certain terms and words are
herein defined as follows:
Visible during daylight hours by a person with normal or
corrected 20/20 vision.
The owner of residential property in fee simple. For rental
units, "homeowner" means the landlord or other owner. "Homeowner"
does not include the owner of commercial or industrial property which
is not used for residential purposes.
The use of a permanent paint in sufficient color contrast
with the surrounding color to make the paint readable.
That the building houses at least one person who makes that
structure a permanent abode.
The Village of Baroda, Berrien County, Michigan government.
(a)
All homeowners in the Village of Baroda are required to post in a
conspicuous manner the numeric designation of the house, as assigned
by the United States Postal Service. As used in this section, "conspicuous"
is defined as follows:
(1)
Home mail delivery. For all houses where the United States Postal
Service delivers mail directly to the house (and not left in a mailbox
not attached to the house), house numbers must be permanently attached
to or painted on the house in a size sufficient to be clearly visible
from the public highway, street or roadway closest to the front of
the house.
(2)
Other mail delivery. For all houses where the United States
Postal Service delivers mail to a mailbox not located on or in a home,
house numbers must be permanently attached to or painted on the mailbox
in a size and place which allows them to be clearly visible by a person
traveling on the roadway closest to the mailbox.
(3)
No mail delivery. For all houses where the United States Postal
Service does not deliver mail, the homeowner must post the house numbers
to the property in sufficient size and in a place which is clearly
visible by a person traveling on the nearest roadway without leaving
the roadway.
A person violating the provisions of this article shall be responsible
for a civil infraction, and upon being found responsible thereof,
shall pay a fine of $25 for the first offense and a fine of $50 for
a second and subsequent offenses.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this article is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be declared
a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holdings
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or provisions
of this article.
This article shall take effect and be in force from and after
21 days of the date of its publication by the Baroda Village Council.
