HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Posting Numbers of Streets and Houses (Repealed) 1 �A jL — -- —OPI)INANCB NO. 141
An ordinance providing for posting up
.a name;-and numbers of streets and.houses. a.
it Be it ordained by the city council of the city
of Ames,Iowa:
t; $EUTION t. That all the houses now or here
after erected or to be erected within the cor,
i re poste limits of the city of Ames when num JJ'
jgtiered shall be as far as practicable the same
as that known as the Phtladdlphia plan. The
9 numbers and names of streets shall be placed
upon the corners of blocks by 4he city F
SEc.2. Jackson street and Crawford street
snail be constituted the base lines from watch
the number of Uuildings fronting or situated C
�t on streets extending from either side l said
lines and on either side thereof wall co
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I t' mence; the odd numbers shall be placed on -^��`'/- ✓ -
��'g the northerly side of the sired a running east
and west and the westerly side of streets run- Y
}$ ntng north and south and the even numbers •
k on the opposite sides of said streets respec-
k Lively,progressing alternately from side to
g side,said numbers being one hundred to each
block. ---- - -
a SL:C.3. All those portions of any and all
- �estreets running ea-t and west and extending
east of Crawford street shall be known and
;p designated by the prefix"East",and all those
portions of any and all streets running north
1e and south and extending south of Jackson C
s street sha11 be designated by the prefix
„South". _ -
�g SEC.4. Each block shall be so divided In
the numbering than there shall be one number F
a, allowed so tar as practicable for every 25 feet _
Q_ of ground frontirg on the several streets;in D i
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ail numbering of lots whenever a fraction of
le landless than 12'/z feet occurs it shall be desig• _
oared by the number before it with the proper
fraction added to it.
$ SEC.5. The owner of every building, resi-
° denee or store erected within the corporate
t.
g limits of said city shall within ten days after
said buitdingace rdcauaetosbe placeddinoa
ty occupancy,P
conspicuous place on said building over
1 the side of the main entrance door thereof the
FO number of said building as hereinafter pro-
vided. The figures of every number shalt not
St be less than two and one halt inches in length; F
7n each figure shall be plain, legible and plated F
E in a conspicuous position on the front side or }
to above the door of every such building; said
figures may be metal or Wood or may be paint-
?. Z- ed upon metal or glass,but in every case the
8inumber shall be at least 2yj inches in beighth
and if printed shall be of durable and legible +;
R character,to b and no numbering done, or at yll
e do
tempted no in numbers of figures of & 1
less g t l size than herein prescribed shall be re
a �
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garde('as complying with the provisions of tt L
45 this ordinance.
iy SEC.6. It shall be the duty of the city mar- Of
shall to see that the provisions of this ordi- fol
to Dance are enforced and when numbers or
figures,by reasons of wear,decay or age shall fit,
become obscure or illegible he may order the. f\
- said numbers replaced or repainted. t0 �f
SEC.7, It shall bereafter be the duty of the tb- �f _
s E• city engineer to give to each owner,agent or s;
}} 1• occupant of any building, applying to him tl_
k Ey therefor and furnishing him with a descrip-
tion of the premises owned or occupiedby him it
1 and an accurate statmeut of the location of halt,
said building.thereon,a certipeateOf the num-
i" ber to be placed on said building. a Ch• - `
M 1n SEo.8. Any person violating any of the pro
visions of this ordinance,or who having com• ten
`+ plied therewith, shall suffer or permit his dolt. ( \
8 building,residence or store to remain for the notl U
(f
space of ten days without such nil placed
' 111 conspicuously thereon as directed by this or-
f, dinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and MO . s
ty on conviction thereof Shall be punished by a fo --
ip fine of not less than one dollar nor more than '
one hundred dollars and the city marshal
O wall number said building and charge all the
necessary expenses thereof to the owner and t`
>tg to the property,which sum the city may col- 1
civil suit against said owner and pro-
it lect by c g
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Pei,ty.
to SEc.9. This ordinance-shall be published --- -
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ws'required by law and be in force from and t
f _ atttr publication. �,.« EFT
! F.&UL>CY SHELDON, A,B MAXWELL
i Mayor Clerk $�
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