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• ORDINANCE NO. 74 -7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES,
ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADDRESSING OF BUILDINGS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 3 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by the
addition of the following:
Section 3 -104. ADDRESSING OF BUILDINGS.
A. Purpose. The City Council finds that for the purpose of providing
proper protection of public and private property in the City of Brooklyn
Center, it is essential to require visible approved addressing or
identification for each separate public, residential, commercial or
industrial building.
B. Addressing_ System. The maintenance of a uniform and sequential
system of assigned street numbers or approved identification for all
public, residential, commercial and industrial buildings shall be
established.
• The official record of said system shall consist of the plat maps for
the City of Brooklyn Center, with assigned addressing indicated.
Citizens and property owners shall be informed of appropriate
addresses upon request, upon issuance of building permits, or upon
determination that existing structures have improper addressing as
required by this ordinance.
C. Addressing Required. It shall be the responsibility of the owner,
lessor, or occupant of every residential, commercial, and industrial
building in the City of Brooklyn Center to maintain upon said building
or premises assigned numbers or approved identification as set forth
in this section.
(1) The proper address shall be that assigned and /or approved by
the Director of Planning and Inspections.
(2) Address numerals for one and two family dwellings shall be
at least three (3) inches in height; shall be of durable materials;
shall be of contrasting color to the base to which they are
attached; preferably said numerals will be made of reflectorized
• materials.
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(3) Address numbers or identification for all other dwelling buildings
and complexes, public buildings, commercial buildings, and
industrial buildings shall conform with the above criteria, except
that the Director of Planning and Inspections may require numerals
exceeding three (3) inches in height.
(4) Address numbers or identification shall be placed so to be
directly and conveniently_ visible for emergency services as
follows:
(a) In the case of 1 and 2 family dwelling units, the
addressing shall be attached to the building at the front
entrance or such other location approved or required by
the Director of Planning and Inspections.
(b) In the case of multiple dwelling and townhouse complexes,
approved addressing shall be attached to the buildings at
the main entrance nearest the adioinina driveway, public
or private street, and at such other locations as directed
by the Director of Planning and Inspections. In the case
of dwelling complexes which may be assigned a common
address, addressing shall be displayed in a manner
approved by the Director of Planning and Inspections at
the main entrance (s) to the complex.
(c) In the case of individual detached commercial and
industrial establishments, addressing shall be attached
to the building at the front entrance and at such other
location as may be reauired by the Director of Planning
and Inspections.
(d) In the case of attached commercial and industrial
establishments, clustered in a complex or in a
multi - tenant building, approved addressing shall be
attached to the building at the main entrance (s) to the
establishment (ts) , nearest the adioining driveway, public
or private street, and at such other locations as directed
by the Director of Planning and Inspections. In the case
of complexes or multi - tenant buildings which may be
as signed a common address, addressing shall be dis-
played in a manner approved by the Director of Planning
and Inspections at the main entrance (s) to the complex.
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(5) Individual dwelling units in multi - family dwellinqs , and
individual tenant areas in multi - tenant commercial and
• industrial buildings, which have entrances not facing on
adjoininq public or private street or driveway, shall have
Permanent, approved addressinq placed at each entrance
to said dwellinq or tenant area. In the case of multi -story
buildinqs, said addressing shall be sequential, correspondinq
with the respective floor or level.
D. Exception. Accessory Buildinas , as defined in Chapter 35-900,
shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
E. Penalties. Whoever does any act or omits to do any act which
constitutes a breach of any section of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred
dollars ($300) and by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days.
No provision of this ordinance desianatina the duties of any official
or employee of the City shall be so construed as to make such official
or employee liable for the penalty provided in this section for failure
to perform such duty.
Section 2: This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon
thirty (30) days following its legal publication.
• Adopted this 25th day of February ,19 74 .
Mayor
ATTEST: C(L,�,.r� r-r--
Clerk
Published in the official newspaper Tanuary 31, 1974
Effective Date March 2. 1974
(Underline indicates new matter.)
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