Lake County Municipal Code Art. X Master Grid and Property Numbering System

51.1 The System shall be continued, enforced, operated and maintained within the unincorporated areas of the County of Lake by the Director of Public Works, and property numbers assigned within such area shall be done in accordance with the System. The County Surveyor shall provide such technical assistance to the Director of Public Works as may be required by the Board in carrying out the provisions of this Section. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to notify all persons of the number assigned to each location; the requirements of this Article that numbers be installed and maintained, and to determine whether the same are installed in such manner as to be visible from the street in front of each location or from the roadway or driveway loading to buildings removed a substantial distance from the public street or road upon which the subject site abuts.

(Ord. No. 559, § 5, 1969; Ord. No. 791, § 1, 3-19-74)

54.1 The Director of Public Works shall give notice to the occupants or owners of land or buildings which are assigned or reassigned numbers under this System, which notice shall contain the new number or number reassigned to a particular building or parcel of land, and the date on which the new number shall become effective. Within ninety (90) days of such effective date of notice of number assigned or reassigned, the occupant/s or owner/s of the property or buildings shall cause the number to be displayed horizontally upon the building or land in such manner as to be visible from the street or road upon which the land or building fronts, and shall remove or obscure from public view any old or previous number not in accordance with the System, provided that in areas where buildings are removed considerable distance from any public street or road, or where rural free delivery of mail is provided, the number may be displayed horizontally upon receptacles designed for the delivery of mail. Provided further, however, that a proper number which shall be a minimum height of 2½″, preferably 4″, and contrasting color from basic background, shall be displayed horizontally in accordance with the System upon any roadway or driveway leading to buildings removed a substantial distance from the public road or street upon which the subject site abuts.

(Ord. No. 559, § 8, 1969; Ord. No. 791, § 1, 3-19-74; Ord. No. 1075, § 1, 6-5-79)