Any person or entity owning, occupying or having charge of any house/dwelling situated within the corporate limits of the Town that fails, after being notified, to place upon such house/dwelling an official number in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined as provided in section
1.01.009 of this code.
(1971 Code, sec. 5-7(e))
(a) Posting of number required.
It shall be the duty of
the owner, agent of the owner, or occupant of any house situated in
the corporate limits of the Town to place or cause to be placed thereon,
in some conspicuous place on such house, an official street number
so that such number may be plainly seen and observed from the street.
(b) Official numbers.
All houses shall be considered officially
numbered when numbered in strict accordance and compliance with the
terms of this section and in accordance with the plat delineating
and prescribing the method of numbering houses heretofore adopted
and on file and of record in the office of the Town Secretary. It
shall be the duty of the Town Secretary, upon application, to give
the proper number for houses to persons requesting same, and such
persons shall be required to state the street upon which the house
is situated, together with the lot and block number thereof, and the
direction and distance the same is situated from the nearest cross-section.
(c) Duty to place number; notice.
It shall be the duty of
the owner of any house to have placed a metal number thereon, but
in case the owner is a nonresident of the Town it shall be the duty
of the agent of the owner or the occupant of such house, when such
agent or occupant is notified by the Chief of Police, to place such
official number on the house. Such agent or occupant so notified shall
be allowed five (5) days from the date of the receipt of the notice
to place such official number on the house.
(d) Size and materials.
The official number herein referred
to shall be at least three (3) inches high and composed of metal which
will not tarnish or corrode. Nothing herein shall prohibit any number
from being painted by any person when such character of material is
used as will, in the judgment of the Town Engineer, be equal in strength,
durability and service to the metal numbers herein provided for.
(1971 Code, sec. 5-7(a)–(d))