Ordinance 37-B

AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRING ARBOR
ORDINANCE NO. 37-B

At a regular meeting of the Township Board held on the 9th
day of July, 1990, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., Eastern Standard
Time, the following Ordinance was heard and passed:
THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRING ARBOR ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. TITLE
This Ordinance shall be known as the Building Number Ordinance.

SECTION 2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote the general public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Township of Spring
Arbor, County of Jackson, State of Michigan by providing a uniform numbering system for buildings. It is the intent of this Ordinance to regulate the visibility and size of building numbers to facilitate identification of the building by emergency vehicles, including but not limited to police vehicles, fire vehicles, ambulances, and rescue vehicles. A uniform numbering system regulating the size and type of numbering of buildings will facilitate access to and identification of buildings in the event of an emergency situation and thereby promote the general welfare of the residents by increasing response time to the building.

SECTION 3. STREET NUMBERS
All buildings located in the Township of Spring Arbor shall be numbered pursuant to the regulations of the United States Postal Service.

a. The owners or occupants of all buildings located in the Township of Spring Arbor shall be responsible for the placing of the correct street numbers on the building.
b. Street numbers shall be located on the front of the building within 24 inches of the front entrance to said building. Street numbers shall be placed in an unobstructed location so as to be visible from the street and shall be of contrasting color to the building. Street numbers shall use the Arabic numbering system.
c. Street numbers placed on buildings from and after the
effective date of this Ordinance shall be a minimum of four (4)
inches in height. Street numbers existing on or before the effective date of this Ordinance may be retained if they are less than four (4) inches in height, but equal to or greater than three (3) inches in height. Existing numbers of less than three (3) inches in height shall be replaced by numbers equal to or greater than four (4) inches in height.
d. Where a building is located at a distance greater than ninety (90) feet from the nearest public street or public right-of-way, street numbers shall be placed on a post or a mailbox located on the same side of the street or public right-of-way as the building directly in front of the building and within ten (10) feet of the public street or right-of-way.

SECTION 4. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Any person, firm, co-partnership, company or corporation who shall violate or neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than ninety (90) days or by fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The imposition of any sentence shall not except the offended from compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 5. AUTHORITY TO PURSUE OBLIGATION
Pursuant to the authority granted by the Statutes of the State
of Michigan, police offices, full-time members of the fire department, the building inspector, the zoning administrator, and
the fire inspector are hereby authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets as defined by Statute in lieu of filing a warrant and complaint. Providing, however, an appearance ticket does not preclude a police officer, the building inspector, the fire inspector, or the zoning administrator from pursuing a violation by way of warrant and complaint.

SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY
This Ordinance is hereby, declared to be severable and should any part, provision or paragraph hereof be declared invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof.
All ordinances, resolutions, or orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of publication.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Byron F. Gallagher, Estella Beardslee, Joan M. Myers,
Marston Fortress, Troy L. Ganton, Willis C. Williams
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
AYES: Gallagher, Beardslee, Myers, Fortress, Ganton, Williams
NAYS: None
Adopted: July 9, 1990
Effective: August 18, 1990