and
eventually you find for Tallahassee the following:
Sec.
3-2.
Same--Permanent building numbers.
New
and existing buildings shall have approved address
numbers placed in a position to be plainly legible and visible from the
street
or road fronting the property, whether or not mail is delivered to such
building or property. These numbers shall contrast with their
background.
Address numbers shall be Arabic numerals or alphabet letters. It shall
be the
duty of the owners of each building in the incorporated area to post
the
assigned on the property in the following manner:
(1) The building
(address) number shall be affixed to the front of the building, or to a
separate structure in front of the building (such as mailbox, post,
wall,
fence, etc.), in such a manner so as to be clearly visible and legible
from the
public or private way on which the building fronts.
(2) Numerals shall
be Arabic and shall not be less
than three inches in height and one-half inch
in stroke width for residential buildings, structures, or
portions thereof, and
at least six inches in height for all other buildings, structures, or
portions
thereof. Where address identification is required by the fire official
on other
elevations of buildings, structures, or portions thereof, such numerals
shall
be not less than three inches in height for residential and at least
six inches
in height for all other buildings, structures, or portions thereof.
Existing
numbers may be exempt if approved by the city fire inspector.
(3)
The numerals
shall be of a contrasting color with the immediate background of the
building
or structure on which such numerals are affixed.
(Ord.
No. 03-O-25AA, § 2, 4-23-2003)
Secs.
3-3--3-30. Reserved.
For further information concerning
enforcement policy and the possibility that a neighborhood
association can apply for funds to obtain numbers, contact