Morrisville Code of Ordinances - publishing_20231101

along a road or regularizing an existing numbering scheme.

(d)

Designating individual unit addresses within multifamily housing.

(2) This article shall apply within the corporate limits of the town and within the town's accepted extraterritorial jurisdiction. (Ord. No. 91-8, § 3, 2-11-91)

Sec. 54-74. Display of street address numbers.

Street address numbers shall be clearly displayed as follows so that the location can be identified easily from the street:

(1) The official address number shall be displayed on the front of a building or at the entrance to a building which is most clearly visible from the street during both day and night.

(2) If the official address number is not visible from the public street or private street that serves as the primary access road to the building on which the address number is located, or if the subject building is located more than 75 feet from such access road, the address numbers shall also be displayed at the end of the driveway or easement nearest the road which provides access to the building. (3) Numerals identifying the address number of a single-family dwelling shall be at least four inches in height except that numerals displayed on a roadside mailbox shall be at least two inches in height. (4) Numerals for buildings containing multiple dwelling units shall be at least six inches in height and shall be placed on the side of the building facing the road or on the end of the building nearest the road.

(5) The requirements of subsection (4) above shall not apply if individual units in a multifamily dwelling building meet the requirements of subsection (1) or (2).

(6) Numerals for nonresidential buildings shall be at least six inches in height and meet all other requirements of subsection (4) above.

(7) Numerals shall be displayed in a color that contrasts with the color of the background to which it is affixed.

(8) The address administrator will have the right to authorize and approve alternate methods of displaying street address numbers that are in keeping with the intent of this article when strict adherence to these standards cannot reasonably be met. (Ord. No. 91-8, § 4, 2-11-91)

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