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AddressingYour house number is very important. If you have an emergency, that is the first thing you will be asked: WHERE is your emergency? Where you put your house number is also very important as it must indicate which house it is, especially on roads where the mail is delivered on one side only. Please make sure that your house number clearly indicates which house that it belongs to. Placing the number at your driveway is a good way to identify your home. Remember that emergency personnel need to see your number in foggy and rainy weather as well as on a clear day. Specifications for street address numbers:Use reflective, Arabic numbers a minimum of 3 inches in height. Mount in a secure fashion to the principal building’s front wall, porch or other fixed appurtenance in front of the building in the general vicinity of the main entry way or main path of travel which leads to the main entrance from a street or upon a post or mailbox in the front yard of the premises. If mounted on a post, the post must be no more than 6 feet above the road grade. Numbers must be significantly legible as to contrasting background, arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity. No trees shrubs or obstructions should block the line of sight of the numbers from the center of the street. Numbers should be visible from both directions of travel on the street. |
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