§ 24-2. Numbering of buildings.

(a)

Each house or building in the city now erected or which may hereafter be erected, shall take the number that properly belongs to the space on which it or its main entrance is situated, as shown by the report on file prepared pursuant to directions of the mayor and board of aldermen at their meeting in February 1909 and it shall be the duty of the owner, or the person in control of such house or building to so provide such numbers in the manner and of the kind hereinafter provided.

(b)

Information as to proper number for any house or building shall be obtained from the department of planning and community development of the city, on application by the owner or person in possession of any house or building free of charge.

(c)

The owner of any house or building, or person having the control thereof, shall have the right to determine the form, size, and material and location of the number to be placed thereon, provided the figures be of such size and the number to be so affixed to the house or building in such conspicuous place or places, as to be easily read from the sidewalk, and provided that the numbers comply with applicable sign regulations.

(d)

Any person whose duty it is under the requirements of this section to have a house or building so numbered as above required and who shall refuse or neglect to do so, and any person who shall hereafter place or cause to be placed upon a house or building, a number which does not properly belong to the house or building as shown by the report referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, and does not change same to the proper number, after due notice to do so, whether such person is the owner of such house or building, or has the control thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction, shall be subject to punishment as provided in section 1-8 of this Code.

(Ord. of 9-13-09, §§ 1—4)