Belmont Municipal Code Art. VIII Building Numbering

(a) Premises identification. All houses, dwellings and other buildings for which a building permit is issued and that is situated in the City of Belmont fronting on any street or avenue shall be numbered with suitable size numbers, lighted from either the front or the rear, and located such that such numbers may be easily read from the street, avenue or public way.

Numbers shall be constructed as follows:

1. Minimum of one-half-inch stroke by two and one-half (2-½) inches high.

2. When the structure is thirty-six (36)—Fifty (50) feet from the street or fire department access, a minimum of one half-inch (½) stroke by six (6) inches high is required.

3. When the structure is more than fifty (50) feet from the street or fire apparatus access, a minimum of one-inch strike by nine (9) inches high is required.

(b) Multi-tenant buildings. Numbers or letters shall be designated on all occupancies within a building. Size shall be one-quarter inch (¼) stroke by two (2) inches high and on a contrasting background. Directional address numbers or letters shall be provided. Said addresses or numbers shall be posted at a height no greater than five (5) feet, six (6) inches above the finished floor and shall be either internally or externally illuminated in all new construction.

(c) Rear addressing. When required by the building official, approved numbers or addresses shall be placed on all new and existing buildings in such a position as to be plainly visible and legible from the fire apparatus road at the back of a property. Number stroke and size shall comply with the requirements above for premises identification.

(Code 1961, § 6.25; Ord. No. 943, § 1, 4-13-99; Ord. No. 945, § 1, 6-22-00; Ord. No. 981, § 1, 10-22-02)

The numbers on all such houses, dwellings and other buildings shall conform to the official numbering map of the city, adopted by the city council on the 26th day of July, 1943, entitled "Official Numbering Map of the City of Belmont," and now on file in the office of the clerk of the city, to which map reference is hereby made, and the same is made a part of this article.

(Code 1961, § 6.25)

There shall be a distinct and separate number for each and every dwelling or other building facing upon all the streets and avenues in the city.

(Code 1961, § 6.26)

The official house number shall be assigned by the building official with each new building permit.

(Code 1961, § 6.26)

No person shall pain or otherwise place address numbers upon streets, gutters or curbs without prior written approval of the owner of the property served by the number. Such written approval shall create no obligation to pay for such work unless specifically set forth herein.

(Ord. No. 835, § 1, 10-23-90)

Editor's note— Section 1 of Ord. No. 835, adopted Oct. 23, 1990, added § 7-201 to art VIII of this chapter. The editor has renumbered the provisions as 7-200.1 since art IX begins with § 7-201.