HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 309-2007 Establishing a Street Numbering System.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 309-2007
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; REPEALING
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE 95-09; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the effective and efficient provision of law enforcement and other emergency
services to residents and property owners of the City of Anna requires orderly, consistent,
explicit and clearly identifiable address locations; and
WHEREAS, many structures and locations within the City are not currently identifiable with
orderly, consistent, clearly marked address indicators; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT
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.
(b) All building numbers on the right side of a street shall be even and those on the left side
shall be odd, from Riggin Street eastward and westward.
(c) 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).
(d) The City Secretary will assign building numbers. All numbering will be under his/her
supervision and will be recognized as the official number of the building.
Section 2. Address Numbering Required
The owner of a lot or tract on which one or more buildings 9F stsistiaes are located shall place
the appropriate street address number in a clearly identifiable location on the front (that portion
facing the street) of the primary building on the lot or tract. If more than 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 in masonry unless the front portion of the
primary building is a non -masonry material, in whim case the numbers shall be of metal
material. Numbers shall be of contrasting color with the exterior material on which the number
is attached or affixed. Said numbers shall be a minimum of 3 inches and a maximum of 5
inches in height, unless granted a waiver by the City Manager or histher designee due to
unusual conditions (for example, distance from adjacent public roadway). Primary buildings
having a front wall more than fifty (50) feet from the front lot line may be required to have larger
numbers, at the discretion of the City Manager or hislher designee. Buildings backing to an
alley shall have numbers on a back wall of the building. Address numbers shall be a minimum
of 5 feet and a maximum of 6 feet height of grade and shall be located so that emergency
service personnel can easily read and identify the address enumeration. The City Manager or
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his/her designee shall make the final decision regarding location, size and/or material of the
address number basing said decision on the necessity that emergency service personnel can
easily read and identify the address enumeration from a position on the street. A property
owner may appeal the decision of the City Manager to the City Council.
Section 3. Destroying or Defacing
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully destroy or deface any building number.
Section 5. Penalty Provision
A person commits an offense it the person violates any part of this Ordinance. An offense of
this Ordinance is Class C misdemeanor. Any person convicted of violating this Ordinance
shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $2,000.00 for each incident of violation. Each day of
the continuance of such violation shall be considered a separate offense and shall be punished
separately.
Section 6. Severance
If any part of this Ordinance is for any reason found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, all other parts never the less shall remain valid, legal and
enforceable.
Section 7. Effective Date
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 by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, by the following vote on this the 23�
day of January, 2007.
AYE 7
ATTEST:
NAY 0 ABSTAIN 0
APPROVED:
Mayor, Kenneth Pelham
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