[Added 8-6-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
The City of Oneida Common Council hereby recognizes that timely and appropriate emergency assistance rendered to protect the lives and property of the City of Oneida residents is of paramount importance to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Oneida.
Every owner of a structure in the City of Oneida shall cause to be displayed and maintained thereon the enhanced 911-assigned number for said structure.
A. 
The City of Oneida Fire Department shall assign an Arabic number to all existing structures, and to any new structures constructed or erected after the effective date of this article.
B. 
Upon the issuance of a building permit for construction of a structure by the Code Enforcement Officer, the Fire Department will be notified as to the site of the proposed structure. The Fire Department will then assign an Arabic number to that structure.
C. 
All other permits as required by the Code Enforcement Officer, Water Department and Department of Public Works, will display this enhanced 911 address on its face.
The following methodology shall be utilized in establishing enhanced 911 addressing:
A. 
The center of the City shall be at the intersection of Main Street and Oneida Street.
B. 
Odd numbers will be assigned on the left side of a street as you leave the center of the City.
C. 
Even numbers will be assigned on the right side of a street as you leave the center of the City.
D. 
There shall be no letter or fractional addresses.
E. 
All structures in the outside corporation district shall be addressed with four digits.
F. 
All structures in the inside corporation district shall be addressed with three digits.
A. 
The enhanced 911-assigned number shall be conspicuously displayed upon the structure as follows:
(1) 
The number shall be at least four inches in height, and shall be in contrasting color to the color of the structure.
(2) 
The number shall be displayed in such a manner as to be readily visible from the adjacent public road or highway.
(3) 
The number shall be placed upon the structure so that it will not be obstructed in any way and wherever practicable shall be placed near some illumination, so that it may be readily seen at night.
B. 
In addition to the other requirements of this article, whenever any structure is more than 75 feet from the public road or highway, the 911 Arabic number shall be displayed in a manner in conformity with the article, on a sign, post or a mail box readily visible from the road or highway from both directions of travel, but in no event further than 20 feet from the roadway.
C. 
On all commercial structures (industrial, institutional, educational, mercantile, storage, assembly and business), the 911 Arabic number shall be displayed over the front entrance. If this is not practicable, then the Fire Marshal shall determine placement of the number.
A. 
Any owner of a structure within the City of Oneida who fails or refuses or neglects to place the proper designated enhanced 91l Arabic numbers on said structure, for a period of 30 days after issuance of a notice of violation from the Fire Department, shall be deemed in violation of this article.
B. 
The notice of violation provided for in Subsection A may be given by personal service, or by mailing a copy thereof to the last known address of the owner.
C. 
Any property owner who fails to comply with this article shall be liable for a civil penalty in a sum not exceeding $250 for each month that the violation exists following the issuance of a notice of violation as herein before provided. The penalty herein is declared to be civil in nature, and may be assessed upon the real property upon which the structure is located.