Ord. 0644 10-12-92ORDINANCE NO.
644
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 26-9, CODE OF ORDINANCES
AT CHAPTER 10, BY THE ENACTMENT OF ARTICLE V., FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING RULES APPLICABLE TO THE NUMBERING OF
BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. Sec. 26-9 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. That the Code of Ordinances of City of Pearland,
Texas, as the same may have been from time to time amended, is
hereby further amended by the enactment of Chapter 10, Article V.,
regulations pertaining to building numbers and by the inclusion
thereunder of Sec. 10-91, which Section shall hereafter read as
follows:
'Sec. 10-91. Address numbers required.
(a) All buildings, whether commercial or residential,
fronting on any street or alley in the City of Pearland shall
be numbered by the owner thereof, according to the address
assigned to said building by the City Engineering fibakdi
(b) The owner( ),1 of apartments, condominiums, townhomes,
businessland industrial complexesk having a single or common
street address shall have a numbefing system to identify each
individual unit in said complex.', Numbers shall be affixed by
the owner(s) to the entry door of each unit. Separate complex
buildings containing two (2) or more individual units shall be
identified by affixing a building number or letter on the side
of said building facing the '',nearest drivable approach.
Numbers shall be affixed below Said building identification
number(s)/letter(s) representing the lowest through the
highest numbered individual units contained in said building.
(c) 4-The owner(s) of hotels, motels, hospitals,
nursing/retirement homes, private and public schools, or
office buildings containing multi -offices shall affix numbers
on each separate office, room, suite, etc. in said
building(s). *Private/executive', entrances to offices may be
exempted by the fire official.
(d) The owner(s) of a mobile home park having a single or
common street address shall identify each separate mobile home
in said park by affixing numbers to the end or side of said
mobile home that is most visible when approached by a vehicle.
(e) Number sizes, color, and maintenance:
1. Commercial and residential street address numbers
shall be no less than three (3) inches in height.
2. Individual unit identification numbers on
apartment/office doors shall be no less than two
(2) inches in height.
3. Complex building identification numbers/letters
shall be no less than six (6) inches in height.
Lowest and highest numbers affixed under the
building identification shall be no less than three
(3) inches in height.
4. Numbers identifying individual units of a multi-
unit business/industrial complex having outside
entrances shall be no less than three (3) inches in
height.
5. All numbers/letters shall be of contrasting color
from the surface to which they are mounted and may
be reflective if so desired.
6. Numbers/letters shall', be properly maintained so
that they are clearly visible at all times."
Section 2. All rights and remedies which have accrued to City
of Pearland, Texas, by reason of its Code of Ordinances, and
amendments thereto, are hereby preserved.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid
or unconstitutional by any court of Competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not, affect the validity of the
remaining portions thereof.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
or fail to comply with the requirements of any provisions of the
Code herein adopted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished
as provided in Section 1-11 of the City Code of Ordinances.
Section 5. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or
its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper
of the City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The
Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days from and after
its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in
the official. City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED on First Reading this the cZ , day of
kg410-t-t-e-Q-4_--c/A.D., 1992.
ATTEST:
PA JONES
CITY SECRE
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MAYeR
Randy Weber, Mayor Pro-Tem
PASSED and APPROVED on Second and Final Reading this the /-
day of 4.2, A.D., 1992.
ATTEST:
PAT JONES
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
LESTER G. RORICK
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST READING) SEPT
MAYOR
ER 28. 1992
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Miller; Frank, 'Weber, Colson and Smith.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passed 5 to 0.
VOTING RECORD (SECOND READING) OCTOB
12, 1992
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Frank, Weber, Colson and Smith.
Voting "No" None. (Councilmember Miller was absent from meeting).
Motion passed 4 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 16, 1992
EFFECTIVE DATE: OCTOBER 26, 1992
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.19 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF PEARLAND, TEXAS.