[R.O. 2011 § 500.180; R.O. 2010 § 500.200; Ord. No. 804 § 1, 6-7-2004]
A. The responsibility for the displaying of the assigned number for
each house and building in the City shall rest with the property owner,
trustee, lessee, agent or occupant of each house or building. Approved
street address numbers shall be the address numbers assigned by the
City of Owensville.
B. Such numbers shall be of such size and in such location to be visible
from the nearest street. Address numbers shall be a minimum of three
(3) inches in height and shall be located either near a building's
main entrance or on a surface that is easily visible from the nearest
street. Additional displays of assigned numbers may be displayed at
the property owner's discretion. Assigned numbers shall be displayed
with arabic numerals in a color that contrasts with the color of the
subject house or building. Address displays in script are prohibited
if used exclusively. Houses or buildings that are set back more than
one hundred (100) feet from a street's curb shall be required
to display address numbers within fifty (50) feet of the street curb.
C. Any property owner, trustee, lessee, agent or occupant found to be
in violation of this Article shall be subject to a notice of violation
and given ten (10) days to abate said nuisance. If said violation
is not corrected within the ten (10) days allowed, it shall be an
ordinance violation and punishable by a fine of not less than ten
dollars ($10.00) or not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Each day said violation remains may be a separate ordinance violation.