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Be It Enacted and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg, Maryland that Title 15: Section 15.08 of the Emmitsburg Municipal Code be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:

The amended section of this regulation reads as follows with new language designated by being in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, and language being deleted designated by being stricken through.

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15.08.010 - Number required. PREMISE IDENTIFICATION. 

A.  THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS, INCLUDING ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS, WITHIN THE TOWN.

B. Prior to the issuance of any use and occupancy permit, eEach STRUCTURE AND building shall be identified by the use of Arabic numerals or such numerals and a letter suffix with a number as designated by the town, AND AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION. clerk, which number shall be affixed to the building in characters at least three inches high and at least one-half inch in width and of a color and/or finish sufficiently contrasting with the building as to be clearly visible and legible in both the daytime and nighttime from the street. Such number shall thereafter be maintained, and, if necessary, replaced from time to time so as to comply at all times with the requirements of this section.

     1. ALL NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES OR PROPERTIES SHALL HAVE APPROVED ADDRESS NUMBERS PLACED IN A POSITION AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE, WHICH IS TO BE PLAINLY VISIBLE FROM THE SIDEWALK (IF ANY), THE STREET OR ROAD FRONTING THE PROPERTY AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, DAY OR NIGHT.

     2. IF THE ADDRESS NUMBER CANNOT BE POSTED ON A BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PROPERTY IN A MANNER THAT MAKES IT CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, THEN THE ADDRESS NUMBER SHALL BE DISPLAYED ON THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AND AT THE END OF EACH DRIVEWAY NEAREST THE STREET OR INGRESS/EGRESS EASEMENT PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PROPERTY.

            3. ADDRESS NUMBERS SHALL BE POSTED SEPARATE OF THE MAILBOX.

            4. ADDRESS NUMBERS SHALL CONTRAST WITH THE BACKGROUND.

5. ADDRESS NUMBERS SHALL BE ARABIC NUMERALS OR ALPHABET LETTERS (E.G. 1234A).  NUMBERS SHALL NOT BE SPELLED OUT (E.G. ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR) UNLESS A NUMERIC FORM IS ALSO DISPLAYED.

6. NUMBER SIZE – PRIMARY ADDRESS NUMERALS DISPLAYED ON A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE AT LEAST THE SIZE IDENTIFIED BELOW AND CLEARLY LEGIBLE;

                                a.  ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS – 4 INCHES HIGH

                                b.  MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES – 6 INCHES HIGH

                                c.  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES – 8 INCHES HIGH 

7. WHERE THE REAR OF ANY PROPERTY ADJOINS A PUBLIC ALLEY OR A WAY OF VEHICULAR ACCESS, A BUILDING ADDRESS NUMBER SHALL ALSO BE CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED IN A POSITION TO BE PLAINLY LEGIBLE AND VISIBLE FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ALLEY OR WAY OF VEHICULAR ACCESS AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

                        a.  ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS – AT LEAST 3 INCHES HIGH

b.  MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES – AT LEAST 4 INCHES HIGH

c.  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES – AT LEAST 6 INCHES HIGH 

             8.  NUMBERS SHALL BE POSTED IN AN AREA NOT SUBJECT TO COVERAGE BY  VEGETATION (LIMBS, VINES, ETC.). POSTING AREAS SHALL BE MAINTAINED REGULARLY TO ENSURE THAT NUMBERS ARE VISIBLE. 

9. A “CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY” FOR ANY STRUCTURE ERECTED, ALTERED, OR REPAIRED SHALL BE WITHHELD UNTIL THE PERMANENT AND PROPER NUMBERS HAVE BEEN AFFIXED TO SUCH STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. 

10.  NO ZONING PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ANY ADDRESSABLE STRUCTURE UNTIL THE OWNER OR DEVELOPER HAS PROCURED THE OFFICIAL PREMISES ADDRESS OF SUCH STRUCTURE FROM THE TOWN. 

11.  ADDRESSES SHALL BE POSTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.  ADDRESSES SHALL BE TEMPORARILY POSTED FOR ANY ADDRESSABLE STRUCTURE OR PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS WORK ON THE PROPERTY COMMENCES AND PRIOR TO THE FIRST BUILDING INSPECTION.  ADDRESSES SHALL BE PERMANENTLY POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE FINAL BUILDING INSPECTION. 

                12.  IF NUMBERS DESIGNATING THE ADDRESS OF A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY  DWELLING RESIDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 WERE AT LEAST THREE (3) INCHES HIGH, THOSE NUMBERS COMPLY WITH THE SIZE REQUIREMENT OF THIS SECTION AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN IN PLACE. 

13.  MONUMENTAL SIGNAGE – NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SHALL HAVE THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESS RANGE INCORPORATED INTO ANY NEW OR MODIFIED MONUMENTAL PROPERTY SIGNAGE.  IN ANY CASE, THE NUMBERS OR ALPHABET LETTERS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN SIX (6) INCHES IN HEIGHT, VISIBLE FROM EITHER DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND MUST BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.  THE STREET NAME MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE POSTING TO FURTHER AID IN PREMISE IDENTIFICATION. 

14.  RESPONSIBILITY – IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH AND EVERY PROPERTY OWNER, TRUSTEE, LESSEE, AND AGENT OF EACH RESIDENCE, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE TO PURCHASE, POST AND MAINTAIN ADDRESS NUMBERS AS REQUIRED UNDER THIS POLICY AT ALL TIMES. 

15.  APARTMENT OR CONDOMINIUM NUMBERS FOR INDIVIDUAL UNITS WITHIN A HOUSING COMPLEX SHALL BE DISPLAYED ON, ABOVE, OR TO THE SIDE OF THE DOORWAY OF EACH UNIT AND SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN TWO AND ONE HALF (2 ½) INCHES IN HEIGHT.

15.08.020 - Notice.  When a building is found within the town which does not have the numbering stipulated in Section 15.08.010, the owner of the property shall be notified that he or she is required to install such numbering within fifteen (15) days of receiving such notice.

15.08.030 - Violation—Penalty.  In the event that the owner does not properly number the building within fifteen (15) days from the date of receiving the notice set forth in Section 15.08.020, the owner of the property will be in violation of this chapter. A violation of this chapter shall be a municipal infraction, the penalty, for which shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Each day such violation shall occur shall be another violation of this chapter.

Section II. Be it Further Resolved, Enacted and Ordained that this Ordinance shall take effect on the date on which the Mayor approves the Ordinance after passing by the Board of Commissioners or on the date on which the Board of Commissioners pass the Ordinance over the veto of the Mayor.

Passed this 3rd day of September, 2013

ATTEST:
By:  /s/  Donna DesPres, Town Clerk

Board of Commissioners
By:  /s/  Tim O'Donnell, President

Approved this 3rd day September, 2013
By:  /s/   Donald Briggs, Mayor