Street addresses shall be designated and assigned by the community development department, a designated division thereof or other agency in cooperation with the community development department.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.010; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991)
A. 
Street address numbers shall be conspicuously posted and thereafter maintained on each building located in the city.
B. 
Exceptions:
1. 
Buildings accessory to residential buildings;
2. 
When street address numbers for a single-family residence would not be visible from the street due to distance from the street or obstruction, numbers may be posted on a post or other independent structure. Such numbers mounted shall otherwise meet the requirements of this chapter.
Numbers posted on freestanding mailboxes are acceptable under the provisions of this subsection, provided no more than one mailbox is installed at the same location.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.020; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991)
All street address numbers posted pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following minimum requirements:
A. 
Numbers shall be no less than four inches in height with a corresponding width;
B. 
Numbers and their background colors are to be of significantly contrasting shades;
C. 
Numbers are to be readily visible and readable from the street on which the building or buildings front;
D. 
Numbers painted on curbs are not acceptable as substitute for the requirements of this chapter.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.030; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991)
Properties developed with more than one main building and where visibility of all building street numbers from the street is obstructed or is otherwise unreadable, shall, in addition to the numbering for individual buildings, also be provided with independent structures located adjacent to the street frontage upon which the address numbers have been assigned, showing, in readily visible fashion, the beginning and ending numbers assigned to that parcel. Where numbers are assigned on more than one street frontage, such independent structures shall be provided on each frontage.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.040; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991)
For other than single-family residential properties, location, size, contrast, visibility and mounting of street address numbers for new projects shall be subject to, and a part of, review under the land use and development approval requirements of chapter 17.12.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.050; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991; Ord. No. 855, § 4(attach. 4), 8-1-2012)
The building and safety division shall be responsible for initial installation of street address numbers required by this chapter. The fire chief of the city fire district shall be responsible for enforcement of maintenance provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1980, § 8.27.060; Ord. No. 418, § 3, 1990; Ord. No. 418A, § 1, 1991; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)