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CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 95-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A
STREET NUMBERING SYSTEM; PRESCRIBING THE PLACEMENT OF STREET
ADDRESS NUMBERS ON PRIMARY STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY;
PROHIBITING THE DESTRUCTION OR DEFACEMENT OF STREET NUMBER
SIGNS; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; ALSO VOIDING ORDINANCE 91-001.
WHEREAS, the effective and efficient provision of law
enforcement and other emergency services to residents and
property owners of the City of Anna requires explicit and
clearly identifiable address locations; and
WHEREAS, many structures and locations within the City are
not currently identifiable with clearly marked address
indicators; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA,
TEXAS, THAT
0 Section 1. Building Number System
(a) All building numbers on the right side of a street shall
be even and those on the left side shall be odd, from
Fourth Street northward and southward.
(a) All building numbers on the right side of a street shall
be even and those on the left side shall be odd, from
Riggins Street eastward and westward.
(b) All north -south streets shall be numbered from Fourth
Street; all east -west streets shall be numbered from
Riggins Street. The first block will be the "100" block
and all subsequent blocks shall be increased by
increments of one hundred (100).
(c) The City Secretary will assign building numbers. All
numbering will be under his supervision and will be
recognised as the official number of the building.
Section 2. Address Numbering Reguired
The owner of a lot or tract on which one or more buildings or
structures have been located shall place the appropriate
street address number in a clearly indentifiable location on
the front (that portion facing the street) of the primary
building on the lot or tract. If more that one primary
building is located on the lot or tract, each primary
building shall be separately identified with an appropriate
address number. Said numbers shall be not less than three
(3) inches in height and shall be located so that emergency
service personnel can easily read and identify the address
enumeration.
Section 3. Destroying 9K Defacing
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully destroy or
deface any building number.
Section 4. Penalty Provision
Any person who violated any provision of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof in the municipal court of the City of Anna shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed the maximum as prescribed by
law for each offense, and each and every day that the
violation shall be permitted to continue shall constitute a
separate offense and each and every instance of violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5.
All parts of any ordinance in conflict with the provision of
this ordinance are to the extent of such conflict hereby
repealed.
Section 6. Savings Clause
If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of such ordinance
shall continue in full force and effect the same as if such
invalid or unconstitutional provision had never been a part
hereof.
Section 7. Effective R to
This ordinance shall be effective upon the posting and/or
publication of its caption as required by law and the City
Secretary is hereby directed to implement such posting and/or
publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the Ci of Anna
by the following vote on this the 1044 day of ,
1995
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