CHAPTER 153
HOUSE NUMBERING PLAN AND STREET NAMING CODE
Section
153.01 House numbering plan and street naming code
153.02 Authority for house numbering
153.06 Change of house numbering
153.07 Numbering lots in subdivisions
153.08 Removing or altering numbers
153.10 Circuit Court Clerk to be notified
153.01 HOUSE NUMBERING PLAN AND STREET NAMING CODE.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “House Numbering Plan and Street Naming Code.”
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.02 AUTHORITY FOR HOUSE NUMBERING.
The Rensselaer Advisory Plan Commission shall, by rule, prescribe a numbering system for lots and structures and approve the assignment of street numbers to lots and structures in accordance with the provisions of I.C. 36-7-4-405(b) and (c) and this chapter.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.03 UNIFORM NUMBERS.
All buildings and building sites within the city shall be numbered in a uniform plan, and all buildings shall have displayed on the front or street side thereof the numbers as may be designated therefore under the plan and the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91) Penalty, see 153.99
153.04 DESiGNATION.
(A) Buildings and building sites on streets running north and south or northerly and southerly shall be numbered northwardly and southwardly from Washington.
(B) Building and building sites on streets running east and west or easterly or westerly shall be numbered eastwardly and westwardly from Cullen.
(C) Even numbers shall be used for the northerly and westerly sides of streets and odd numbers for the southerly and easterly sides.
(D) In numbering, 100 numbers shall be allowed for each block northwardly and southwardly from Washington, and for each block eastwardly and westwardly from Cullen. One number shall ordinarily be allowed for each 25 feet of frontage, whether improved or vacant, provided that each existing house and tenement or building entrance with a frontage less than 25 feet shall receive a number.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.05 DISPLAY OF NUMBERS.
On notification by the Building Inspector of the proper number of a building, the owner of the building shall cause that number to be placed and continuously maintained in a conspicuous place on the front of the building. If a building stands back more than 50 feet from the street (property) line, the number shall be conspicuously displayed at or near the walk, driveway, or common entrance to the building at the street (property) line, and so placed so as to be easily legible from the sidewalk or street. Numerals shall be at least three inches in height.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91) Penalty, see 153.99
153.06 CHANGE IN HOUSE NUMBERING.
The Plan Commission through its agent, the Building Inspector, shall be authorized to change the house numbering of any street or part of a street or of any individual building or buildings when the change shall be necessary by reason of readjustment of any kind, inaccuracy or mistake, or for any other cause.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.07 NUMBERING LOTS IN SUBDIVISIONS.
No plat or replat of a subdivision shall be recorded unless each lot bears a street number (within a border) assigned by the Building Inspector in accordance with the requirements of the street numbering plan.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.08 REMOVING OR ALTERING NUMBERS.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, alter, or deface any house number, properly assigned or placed on or near a building, or to place or retain on any building any number other than the one duly assigned by the Building Inspector.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91) Penalty, see 153.99
153.09 STREET NAMES.
Streets shall be named and renamed by the executive (Mayor) so that their names are easy to understand and to avoid duplication or conflict with other names of streets in the city or nearby areas in Jasper County.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.10 CIRCUIT COURT CLERK TO BE NOTIFIED.
Whenever the executive (Mayor) names or renames streets or the Plan Commission numbers or renumbers lots and structures under this chapter, the executive or the Plan Commission shall notify the Circuit Court Clerk of its action no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the action was taken.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)
153.99 PENALTY.
Any person or corporation in violation of this chapter may be punished subject to the provisions of I.C. 36-1-3-8; specifically: a fine of not more than $25 for a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 5-91, passed 7-22-91)