HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1986-05CITY OF MOAB
ORDINANCE NO. 86-05
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THAT NUMBERS BE PLACED ON ALL HOUSES,
TRAILER HOUSES, AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MOAB,
PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS THEREFOR AND ESTABLISHING3
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
The City Council of the City of Moab ordains as follows:
Section 1: The Moab City Council has determined that
the health, welfare and safety of the Citizens of Moab
require that all residences and businesses within the
City be properly marked with a street number.
Section 2: Effective Sixty (60) days from the date of
this Ordinance, every home owner and business owner in
Moab City shall be required to display on the front of
such residence or business a series of numbers that
identify the street address of such home or busi-
ness. Such numbers shall be no less than 3 inches high
and shall be clearly legible from the center of the
street.
Section 3: In order to effectuate such Ordinance the
Moab City Building Inspector is directed to conduct a
survey and identify those homes and businesses that do
not have a street address number displayed. He shall
then be required to personally contact each of those
home owners or business owners to determine whether or
not a street number has been assigned to said home or
business. In the event that no number has been assigned
to such home or business he shall assign a number
thereto.
Section 4: All assignments of new numbers shall be in
writing and addressed to the owner. A duplicate copy of
such notice shall be retained by the building inspector
for the City Records. In the course of contacting the
individual home and business owner, the building in-
spector shall advise them that the City has passed an
ordinance requiring every home and business owner with-
in the City to display a street number within Sixty
(60) days following passage of ordinance, and request
they comply with the ordinance.
Section 5: Following the expiration of Sixty (60) days
from the passage of this ordinance the building in-
spector shall compile a list of all the homes or busi-
ness owners who have failed to comply with the ordi-
nance. He shall notify each noncomplying home or
business owner advising them that they must install a
street number within Twenty (20) days, and further
advising them that if they fail or refuse to do so that
the City will install such number and bill the owner
for the cost thereof as provided in the ordinance. A
copy of the ordinance shall accompany the notice.
Section 6: Should any home or business owner fail to
comply with this ordinance following the expiration of
final notice the building inspector shall cause the
street address number to be installed by the City Work
Crew. Following such installation the building inspec-
tor shall send the home or business owner a bill for
the sum of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. Such $20.00 fee
for installing the street number is herby declared to
be a legitimate municipal charge and if not timely
paid the City Treasurer shall be required to collect
said sum in the same manner as other City Bills.
Section 7: In all cases when the building inspector
issues a building permit for a home or business that
has not been assigned an address number he shall assign
a number for said home or businees as a part of the
building permit.
Section 8: For the purpose of this ordinance the words
home owner" or "business owner" shall also refer to
"occupant" of home or business. Except when indicated
otherwise, Notice is proper if made in person or by
Certified Mail with return receipt attached.
PASSED, this2lst day of October 1986.
ATTEST:
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'Sandr E. Beauregard'
Deputy -Recorder
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APPROV
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IHOMAS A. STOCKS, MAYOR