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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-03-03ORDINANCE NO. 0-03-03 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE DISPLAY OF BUILDING NUMBERS; AMENDING ARTICLE VII OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION 54-2-7.20 AND RENUMBERING AS CODE SECTION 26-6; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the city staff have both recommended to the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida that the Land Development Code be amended to require building owners to display building numbers in a manner to make them visible to emergency personnel; and WHEREAS, the proper display of building numbers will aid emergency personnel in locating the scenes to where they need to respond, thereby improving the provisions for health, safety and welfare of residents of the City of Sebastian and business employees, owners and customers of businesses located in the City of Sebastian. WHEREAS, current Land Development Code allows 30 days for noncompliant individuals to display buildings numbers which has been deemed too lengthy by emergency personnel who rely on building numbers for response. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: Section 1. That section 54-2-7.20 of the Land Development Code, City of Sebastian, Florida, is hereby amended and renumbered as C~~o~~de Section 26-6, to read as follows: ~ection Display of building numbers ~C-6- (d) Timing of required compliance. All existing buildings which are not in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be brought into compliance by the owner of any such building within ~ 14 days after the owner is provided with written notice of noncompliance by the city. Section 2. CONFLICT. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. SEVERABILITY. In the event a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold or determine that any part of this Ordinance is invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the Ordinance shall not be affected and it shall be presumed that the City Council of the City of Sebastian did not intend to enact such invalid or unconstitutional provision. It shall further be assumed that the City Council would have enacted the remainder of this Ordinance without said invalid or unconstitutional provision, thereby causing said remainder to remain in full force and effect. Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. The foregoing Ordinance was moved for adoption by Councilmember H i 11 The motion was seconded by Councilmember C o n i g l i o and, upon being put into a vote, the vote was as follows: Mayor Walter Barnes aye Vice Mayor Ray Coniglio aye Councilmember Joe Barczyk a y e Councilmember Jim Hill aye Councilmember Nate McCollum aye The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted this 10th day of Sept . 2003. ATTEST: CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA by: ~ ~ o~~ lSJ ~ Rlv~~ Warr W. Barnes, Mayor Approved for reliance by the City of ~~ ~ ~. Rich Stringer, )))City ney Gorree~on ~-o ~ - 0-3- C~3 Sec. 26-7. Display of building numbers. (a) Definition of building. For purposes of this section, the term "building" shall include any structure that is designed for people to occupy or is designed for the storage of goods in connection with a commercial, charitable, civic or religious activity. The "building" shall be deemed to include a residence, a structure used in connection with any business, and including a warehouse, but shall not include a residential garage or a residential accessory building which is not used by any persons for purposes of conducting a business or for purposes of sleeping. (b) Display of building numbers required. All buildings shall have the assigned address number displayed in a manner such that the building number is visible from the public or private street on which the building fronts, regardless of whether mail is delivered to the building. The address number to be displayed pursuant to this section shall be the address number assigned by the city, and no other address number shall be displayed except in accordance with the requirements of subsection (g) hereof. (c) Condition of release of certificate of occupancy. A certificate of occupancy will be not be issued for a new building until the address number has been displayed in accordance with the provisions of this section. (d) Timing of required compliance. All existing buildings which are not in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be brought into compliance by the owner of any such building within 14 days after the owner is provided with written notice of noncompliance by the city. (e) Criteria governing compliance. A building shall be considered in compliance with the provisions of this section if the following criteria have been met: (1) The address number is in Arabic numerals that are clear and in good condition; (2) The material utilized for the number is constructed of weather resistant material and permanently affixed to the building or sign upon which it is displayed; (3) The color and type of material which forms the address number is such that the address number is legible and reasonably identifiable from the street or improved right-of-way upon which the building fronts; (4) Residential buildings shall have the address number that is at least four inches in height; (5) Commercial and industrial buildings shall have its address number at least five inches in height; (6) All buildings which have a monument sign on the same lot or parcel of land where the building is located shall display their address ~li5/v5 number on such sign and said address numbers shall not be parallel to the street and shall be on both sides of a two-sided sign. (f) Lots with more than one building. In addition to the criteria set forth in subsection (e) hereof, if the owner of a parcel of a lot or tract of real property which has only one street address has more than one building located on that lot or tract or real property, then each building shall have a unit number assigned to it and the unit number shall be displayed in a manner that allows it to be observed from the street or improved road right-of-way upon which each such building fronts and in close proximity to the main entrance to each such building. (g) Lots with a building having more than one unit. If a building, which has a single street address, has more than one residential unit, commercial unit or industrial unit, each such unit shall be assigned a separate number and each separate unit shall display its own unit number on or directly next to its main entrance for that unit. Each unit number shall be not less than five inches in height. The requirements of this paragraph are in addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (e) hereof. (LDC § 54-2-7.20; Ord. No. 0-03-03, § 1, 9-10-03) Editor's note: Ord. No. 0-03-03, § 1, adopted Sept. 10, 2003, removed the provisions of former Land Development Code § 54-2-7.20, pertaining to display of building numbers, and placed them herein as a new § 26-7. Secs. 26-8--26-30. Reserved.