Gerrish Township House Number Display

Ordinance # 26

Section IV - Regulation

    A.  All premises shall bear the distinctive street number assigned to the premise by Consumers Energy Company and recognized by Roscommon County Central Dispatch governing board.

    B.  1.  All houses shall display upon the front of each dwelling the distinctive street number assigned to that premise.  The number shall be placed in such a position as to be plainly visible to all road traffic coming to the premise from both directions.  These numbers shall be no less than five inches in height.

           2.  If a dwelling is more than 50 feet from the street or is not clearly visible from the road, every owner of a premise shall place or display adjacent to the road on which the property fronts a sign attached to a fence or post those distinctive street numbers assigned to that premise.  These numbers shall be no less than three inches in height.  These numbers should be visible from both directions. The sign must be placed at a height to assure it does not become obscured by winter snows or snowplowing.

              3.  All house numbers shall be in either block or script style letters and shall be in contracting colors to their backgrounds whether on the dwelling or on a sign at the road.

Section V - Violations and Penalties:

Failure to display house numbers within sixty days after the adoption of this ordinance, or in the case of new construction, within thirty days after a letter of certificate of occupancy has been issued, shall be considered a violation of this ordinance and shall subject such violator the penalties hereinafter provided. 

Any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to payment of a civil fine of not less than $50.00, plus applicable costs and other sanction for each violation as authorized by Section 21 of Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, and the Gerrish Township Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau Ordinance.

Repeat offenses under this Ordinance shall be subject to increased fines as provided by this Section.  As used in this Section, 'repeat offense' means a second (or any subsequent) violation of the same requirement or provision of this Ordinance within any three year period for which the person admits responsibility or is determined to be responsible.  The increased fine for a repeat offense under this Ordinance shall be as follows:

                    1)  The fine for any offense which is a first repeat offense shall be not less than $125.00, plus costs.

                    2)  The fine for any offense which is a second repeat offense shall be not less than $250.00, plus costs.

                    3)  The fine for any offense which is a third repeat, or any subsequent repeat offense, shall be not less than $400.00 each, plus costs.

Each day on which any violation of this Ordinance occurs or continues, constitutes a separate offense subject to separate sanctions.