All entrances from the public or private streets of the city
to buildings fronting thereon shall be numbered as provided by this
chapter.
(Prior code § 26-7)
The number referred to in Section 12.28.010 shall be placed upon, immediately above or to one side of the door or gate closing the entrance to buildings fronting on public or private streets in such a manner as to be readily visible from the street.
(Prior code § 26-8)
Where the point of vehicular access to a building is remote,
more than one hundred feet to a public or private street, in addition
to a number at the entrance to the building, a duplicate number shall
be displayed at such point of access to the public or private street.
(Prior code § 26-9)
Each figure of the number for buildings having entrances fronting
on public or private streets shall be at least two inches in height
and one-fourth-inch stroke.
(Prior code § 26-10)
The appropriate number of any entrance to any building fronting
on public or private streets shall be placed thereon within five days
after the receipt by the owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or subtenant
of such building of a notice from the permit services administrator
of the number designated for such building, and all numbers not provided
for in this chapter for the respective entrances, shall be removed
from every building by the owners, occupants, lessees, tenants or
subtenants thereof within five days from the service of such notice
designating the appropriate numbers to be placed thereon.
(Prior code § 26-11)
It shall be the duty of the permit services administrator to
designate the respective numbers for buildings fronting on public
or private streets heretofore laid out or hereafter to be laid out
or extended.
(Prior code § 26-12)
A.
The
following shall be the respective starting points or dividing lines
for numbers on buildings fronting on public or private streets heretofore
laid out or extended: from east to west, Brand Boulevard and its north
projection to the westerly projection of Whiting Woods Road shall
be the dividing line, and from north to south, Broadway and its east
projection shall be the dividing line. Numbers shall begin at the
above-named starting points or dividing lines and continue to the
termini of the respective streets.
(Prior code § 26-13)
A.
All
numbers situated on the north and south streets, north of Broadway,
shall be given the suffix north. All numbers situated on north and
south streets, south of Broadway shall be given the suffix south.
All numbers situated on east and west streets, east of Brand Boulevard,
shall be given the suffix east, and all numbers situated on east and
west streets, west of Brand Boulevard, shall be given the suffix west.
B.
All
numbers on the northerly and westerly sides of streets shall be odd
numbers, and all numbers on the southerly and easterly sides shall
be even numbers.
(Prior code § 26-14)
A.
Number
"100" shall be the first number used at the respective beginning points
on the sides of the streets which are to contain the even numbers
and number "101" on the sides of the streets which are to contain
the odd numbers. Twenty-five feet shall be allotted for each number,
and in case two or more entrances occur upon a twenty-five-foot space
or easement allotted to one number, each of the entrances shall have
a letter suffix added to the whole number allotted thereto in alphabetical
order.
B.
Where
the physical point of access by vehicles is over a driveway easement
of record, the permit services administrator may designate the number
falling on such easement as the building entrance number.
C.
The
address map on file in the office of the permit services administrator
of the city exhibiting the various numbers allotted to lots and parcels
of land in the city is referred to and made a part of this chapter,
and all numbers shall be located as shown on such map.
(Prior code § 26-15)
In addition to the number required in Section 12.28.010, the same number may, at the option of the owner or occupant of such building, be painted on the curb in front of such building or at the driveway easement.
(Prior code § 26-16)
No person shall conduct or solicit the business of painting
or otherwise affixing numbers, letters or designs upon any public
street curb or private property in the city without having first obtained
a permit from the city to do so.
(Prior code § 26-17)
A.
Any person desiring to obtain a permit required by Section 12.28.110 shall file an application therefor with the city engineer, in the form prescribed by the city engineer, accompanied by an application fee.
B.
The
application fee shall be established or modified by resolution of
the city council. The schedule for such fees shall remain on file
and be available in the office of the director of public works. The
director of public works shall with the approval of the city manager,
recommend changes to the council when the costs to provide these services
make it appropriate.
(Prior code § 26-18; Ord. 4958 § 1, 1991)
A.
Upon receipt of the application required by Section 12.28.120 the city engineer shall issue a permit required in Section 12.28.110, which shall be valid for a period of ninety days from the date of issuance. In issuing the permit the city engineer may impose such requirements as the city engineer shall deem necessary in order to insure that the operations of the permittee will not become objectionable to the residents of the city. Prior to issuance of the permit there shall be deposited with the city engineer, on behalf of the applicant, the sum of twenty-five dollars, which sum shall be returned at the expiration of the permit, less the amount of damage, if any, occurring to property of the city as a result of conducting the business referred to in Section 12.28.110. The city engineer may refuse to issue a permit to any applicant who has previously had a similar permit revoked in the manner specified in this section.
B.
Any permit issued under this section may be suspended or revoked by the city engineer when it shall appear that the permittee has violated the provisions of Section 12.28.140 or any of the conditions imposed by the city engineer at the time of issuing the permit; provided, however, that no such permit shall be revoked until a hearing shall have been held by the city engineer. Written notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be served upon the person to whom the permit was granted at least three days prior to the date set for such hearing. Such notice shall contain a brief statement of the grounds to be relied upon for revoking the permit. Notice may be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified or by deposit in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, registered and prepaid, addressed to such person to be notified at the address appearing in the application for the permit. Any person aggrieved by the action of the city engineer in attaching conditions to a permit or in revoking or refusing to revoke any permit may, within five days thereafter, appeal to the council by filing a written notice thereof with the city clerk. The council shall hold a hearing on the matter and its decision shall be final.
(Prior code § 26-19)
A.
No
person shall paint or otherwise affix numbers, letters or designs
on any public or private street curbs in the city, except in conformity
to specifications prescribed by the city engineer.
B.
No
person shall paint or otherwise affix numbers, letters or designs
on any public or private street curb in the city, without having first
obtained the consent of the owner or occupant of the property fronting
on such curb.
C.
No
person shall represent or pretend to the owner or occupant of any
property that any law requires numbers, letters or designs to be painted
or otherwise affixed on public or private street curbs.
D.
No
person shall represent or imply that such person or any one else is
acting for or is sponsored by the city when soliciting the consent
of the owner or occupant of the property to affix numbers to a public
or private street curb.
E.
No
person shall represent that such person is licensed, bonded or operating
under a permit from the city for the performance of the work of painting
or affixing numbers to a public or private street curb except in response
to inquiry from the owner or occupant of the property fronting on
such curbs, and no person shall represent that such person is licensed,
bonded or operating under a permit from the city under any circumstances
unless such person is in fact licensed, bonded or operating under
a permit from the city.
F.
No
permittee shall seek the permission of any owner or occupant of property
to affix numbers to a public or private street curb in front of the
property of such owner or occupant unless such person states a price
for the performance of the work at the time such person solicits such
permission.
(Prior code § 26-20)
