Article X — MASTER GRID AND PROPERTY NUMBERING SYSTEM

establishment of a numbering system of street and road addresses in a uniform plan for the County of Lake. For the accomplishment of this objective the Board hereby establishes a uniform numbering system of street and road addresses for the unincorporated areas of the County which shall be known as the "Lake County Master Grid Numbering System."

(Ord. No. 559, § 1, 1969)

County of Lake.

(Ord. No. 559, § 2, 1969)

numbers shall be established, the property numbers to progress in an increasing magnitude generally in accordance with the distance from such base lines.

(Ord. No. 559, § 3, 1969)

Section 56 of this Article, upon which Map/s the base lines shall be shown or designated and by index lines

indicating the principal locations at which major units of the numbering system shall commence, and upon which shall be designated the numbers and location of numbers assigned to particular buildings and lands under the System. All sub-index maps constituting any part of such system shall be referenced thereon indicating that the said Map/s constitute a portion of the Lake County Master Grid Numbering System.

(Ord. No. 559, § 4, 1969)

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)

proportioned to the distances between the numbers next adjacent to the location on either side of the base or index line/s if no numbers have been previously established on adjoining properties. For purposes of determining whether a number shall be odd or even, it is determined that odd numbers shall be on the southerly and westerly side of the street or road and even numbers on the easterly and northerly side of the street or road.

(Ord. No. 559, § 6, 1969)

both sides of the base line, unless the street or road shall be adequately designated by a prefix or suffix indicating a principal compass direction to denote the position of the street or road in relation to the base line (i.e. West First Street; East First Street; Wood Road North; Wood Road South). From and after the effective date of this Article any public road, street or way established, or any of the same offered in dedication for public use or any private street or roadway established shall be named in accordance with this Article. All streets, roads and ways shall be known by the same name for the entire length, and where a street, road or way shall change direction by ninety degrees (90°) or a lesser angle, each direction shall be known by a different name, provided that where such exists on the effective date of this Article such name may continue to exist provided there shall be no further extension of the street, road or way.

(Ord. No. 559, § 7, 1969)

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)

description of property by lot and block numbers, by metes and bounds or by U. S. Government Survey.

(Ord. No. 559, § 9, 1969)

There is hereby established a Master Gride Index Map for Lake County; said

map and all notations thereon are hereby made a part of this Article. This map shall show the general locations of areas now or hereafter grided under this Article, and shall serve as an index to the Sub-Index Maps showing the detail of precisely numbered areas.

(Ord. No. 559, § 10, 1969)

There is hereby established a series of sub-index maps which show detail of

precisely numbered areas; said maps and all locations thereon are hereby made a part of this Article. Each map shall constitute a subsection of this section, and shall be numbered in order of their adoption.

(Ord. No. 559, § 10, 1969)

failing or refusing to display a proper number after notice of such has been given in accordance with Section 54 of this Article, or wilfully displaying or permitting to be displayed any improper number after aforesaid notice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Lake, for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 559, § 11, 1969)

held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Article. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this Article and each Section, Subsection, Subdivision, Sentence, Clause and Phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, Subsections, Subdivisions, Sentences, Clauses or Phrases be declared unconstitutional.

(Ord. No. 559, § 12, 1969)