LAWRENCE COUNTY ORDINANCE 2008-14 An ordinance to establish the Lawrence County Emergency Telephone System Board as the Addressing Authority of Lawrence County. This is in accordance of Illinois Statutes (55 ILCS 5/5 1067) (from Ch. 34, par. 5 1067) This ordinance will add provisions for the numbering of buildings and dwellings and to provide punishment for failure to do so. Be it ordained by the Lawrence County Board as follows: That this ordinance will therefore be known as the Lawrence County Emergency Telephone System Addressing Authority.
(a) Street number for dwelling units and places of business on all public and private streets shall be assigned by the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board in accordance with the procedures adopted by the County of Lawrence. (b) The 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board shall keep a record of all numbers assigned under this ordinance. 2. Posting of Designated Street Address (a) The owner or occupant or person in charge of any dwelling or building to which a number has been assigned will be notified by the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board of the number assigned to the same at any time after adoption of this ordinance. (b) Within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notification from the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board, the owner or occupant or person in charge of a house or building to which a number has been assigned shall affix the number to the structure if visible from the road, or to a sign or number post if not visible from the road, in such a way that the numbers can be clearly seen from the roadway. (c) It shall be the duty of such owner or occupant or person in charge thereof upon affixing the new number to remove any different number which might be mistaken for, or confused with, the number assigned to said structure by the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board. (d) Each principle building shall display the number assigned to the frontage on which the front entrance is located. In case a principle building is occupied by more than one business or family dwelling unit, each separate front entrance or family dwelling unit shall display a separate number or letter designation. (e) Structures inside of a municipality: Numerals indicating the
official (f) Structures outside of a municipality: Numerals indicating the official numbers for each principle building or each front entrance to such building shall be posted in a manner as to be legible and distinguishable from the road on which the property is located, with three inch (3") reflective letters on a contrasting color to the background according to the fire district in which the structure is located. If a building or dwelling is situated in such a way that the numbers cannot be easily seen from the roadway in front of said structure, then a sign or number post must be used in front of the structure on the same side of the road at the entrance to said structure, and placed in such a way that it can be easily seen from the roadway. (g) Address numbers background contrasting colors outside of a
Lawrence Allison FD - Bridgeport FD - Christy FD - (Click here for sign examples) 3. New Structures (a) Numbers will be assigned to each proposed lot or tract on the surveyors copies of Final Subdivision Plats by the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board. (b) No building permit shall be issued for any principle building until the owner or developer has procured from the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System Board of the County of Lawrence the official number of the premises. Final approval of a certificate of occupancy of any principle building erected or repaired after the effective date of this ordinance shall be withheld until permanent and proper numbers have been displayed in accordance with the requirements of No. 2 above. 4. Penalties (a) In the event that the owner or occupant or person in charge of any house or building refuses to comply with the terms of this ordinance by failing to affix the number assigned within sixty (60) days after notification or by failing, within said period of sixty (60) days to remove any old numbers affixed to such house, or house entrance, or elsewhere, which may be confused with the number assigned thereto, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (b) The Lawrence County State's Attorney may bring an action in the name of Lawrence County, Illinois to restrain or prevent a violation of any provision of this Chapter or to otherwise enforce the provisions of this Chapter. 5. Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and affect thirty (30) days beyond the issuance of new 9-1-1 addresses. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance approved and adopted before a regularly scheduled County Board Meeting, this 15th day of October, 2008 This ordinance amended; Section 2 Paragraph (e) amended; Paragraph (f) and (g) added, was approved and adopted before a regularly scheduled County Board Meeting, this 16th day of September, 2009.
Lawrence County E.T.S.B. Addressing Authority Rural address signs must have the background
color and address number on Address signs must be placed on the same side of the
road no more than twenty feet Multiple residents with one private drive way must post a sign at the road entrance that shows the beginning and ending address numbers ( Example: 1000 - 1010 ) and post each individual address number at each residence. Contact Lawrence County E911 for these special entrance signs. County addressing numbers do not exceed 5 digits. INFORMATION REGARDING E911 ADDRESS NUMBER SIGNS SUMNER AREA
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