Chapter 15.56 — HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

It is made the duty of the building director to divide the county into districts, assigning a number to each such district, and to establish and formulate a uniform system of numbering for all property fronting on all public roads, county roads and state highways in the county. Provision shall be made to integrate incorporated areas into the system upon the request of the particular area.

(Ord. 463.2 § 1, 1993)

When an official number has been established for property fronting on any public road as provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the building director to notify the owner of such property or the person in possession of such property upon which there exists, any house, store, storeroom or other building, of the number established for such property; and the owner or the person in possession of such property, shall within thirty (30) days after the notice has been given as provided in this chapter, place and thereafter continuously maintain the number established for such property upon the premises in such a place and position as to be plainly visible from the public road upon which the property fronts, the number so placed and maintained to be constituted by figures not less than three inches in height; and any house number other than the official number as established under the provisions of this chapter, shall be removed from such property by the owner or by the person then in possession of such property, within ten (10) days from

the giving of the notice establishing the official number, except that a rural route box number may be displayed.

(Ord. 463.2 § 2, 1993)

Any person proposing to construct any house, store, storeroom or other building fronting on a public road shall submit to the building director a legal description of the property on which the structure is to be placed and obtain a house number for the structure.

Within thirty (30) days after the structure has been completed the number shall be placed on the premises in the manner provided in Section 15.56.020.

(Ord. 463.2 § 3, 1993)

As used in this chapter, "person" shall include any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation.

(Ord. 463.2 § 4, 1993)

It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter, or to violate any provision of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter. Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any provision of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any provision of this chapter or violation of any provision of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter, is committed, continued or permitted.

Any person so convicted shall be: (l) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation on the same site and perpetrated by the same person. The third and any additional violations on the same site and perpetrated by the same person shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or six months in jail, or both. Notwithstanding the above, a first offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any penalty in this section shall not relieve a person from the responsibility for correcting the violation.

(Ord. 463.2 § 5, 1993)

All remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive. The conviction and punishment of any person under this chapter shall not relieve such person from the responsibility of correcting prohibited house numbering nor prevent the enforced correction or removal thereof.

(Ord. 463.2 § 6, 1993)