HomeMy WebLinkAboutStreet Naming Ordinance 2005CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 97-149
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 540 RELATAING TO THE UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR NAMING STREETS AND NUMBERING PROPERTIES AND PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS IN CITY OF LAKE ELMO
BE it ordained by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo as follows: Chapter 5 – Building
Section 540 – Uniform Naming and Numbering System:
Section 540.01 Uniform Naming and Numbering System:
A uniform system of naming streets and numbering properties and principal buildings, as shown in the manual or procedures identified by the title Uniform Street Naming and Property Numbering System is adopted for use in the City. This map and all explanatory matter on the map is adopted and made a part of this section.
Section 540.02 Assignment of Names and Numbers: Subd. 1 Conformance. All properties or parcels of land within the City of Lake Elmo shall hereafter be identified by reference to the uniform numbering system adopted herein. Except as herein
prescribed, the names of all streets in the City of Lake Elmo shall be designated by the Uniform Street Naming System. Subd. 2 Placement/Display Each principal building shall bear the number assigned to the frontage on which the
front entrance is located. In case a principal building is occupied by more than one
business or family dwelling unit, each separate front entrance of such principal building shall bear a separate number. Subd. 3 Visibility.
Numerals indicating the official numbers for each principal building or each front entrance to such building shall be posted in a manner as to be visible from the street on which the property is located. Subd. 4 Naming Assignment Naming of North/South streets shall be governed by the referenced Uniform Street
Naming System only to the extent that said street names are assigned alphabetically consistent with the System’s 1 mile grid of street names Ideal, Jamaca, Keats, Lamar and Manning. Names of North/South streets located geographically between these streets need not be from the list provided in the Uniform Street Naming System, but must be within the alphabetical range between said mandatory street
names.
Subd. 5 Number Assignment The Building Official shall assign to nay property owner in the City upon request a
number for each principal building or separate front entrance to the building. In doing so,
the Building Official shall assign only the numbers assigned to the building under the provisions of this section. The Recorder may assign additional numerals in accordance with the official numbering system whenever a property has been subdivided, a new front entrance opened, or undue hardship has been worked on any property owner.
Section 540.03 Administration: Subd. 1 Responsibility for Maintaining System. The Building Official shall be responsible for maintaining the numbering system. In the performance of this responsibility he shall be guided by the provisions of Section 2 of
this ordinance.
Subd. 2 Records The Building Official shall keep a record of all numbers assigned under this ordinance. Section 540.04: Penalties: Violation of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor. Each separate day such violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense. Section 540.05: Effective Date: This ordinance shall become effective upon passage
and publication according to law.
ADOPTED, by the Lake Elmo City Council on the 15th day of February, 2005.
Dean A. Johnston
Mayor
ATTEST:
Martin J. Rafferty, Administrator