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COUNTY ORDINANCE #97-0-105 RELATING TO THE DISPLAY OF ASSIGNED

MAILING NUMBERS FOR EMERGENCY IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES

 

Section 1 revised August 1, 2011

 

 

Trigg County previously implemented an Emergency "911" System designed to maximize the protection of the health and welfare of its citizens.

 

It is necessary for emergency vehicles to be able to identify the mailing address of structures located throughout Trigg County for the purpose of minimizing the response time of the emergency vehicles

 

Trigg County does presently, upon request with the Trigg County 911 Coordinator, assign numbers to any structure located in the County of Trigg.

 

Section 1. The term "structure" is defined as any residence, building, mobile home, recreational camper vehicle, commercial building, agriculture related building , or any other building or structure of any type which has any one of wired telephone service, metered electrical service, or metered water service, which is provided by a utility service provider.

 

Section 2. The owner of each structure located in Trigg County is required to apply to the Trigg County 911 Coordinator for the establishment and designation of a mailing address except only those structures previously assigned an address by number and street or roadway.

 

Section 3. The owner of each structure located in Trigg County shall display the number assigned to the structure in such a manner so that said designated number shall be clearly visible to emergency vehicles.

 

Section 4. Numerals indicating the official address for each structure shall be posted in a manner as to be visible, legible and distinguishable from the street or roadway on which the property is located by adhering to the following standards:

  • Numerals shall be plain block Arabic numbers. No scrip or written numbers shall be permitted under this Ordinance.

     

  • Numbers shall be a minimum of three (3) inches in height.

     

  • Numbers shall be in contrasting colors to the building wall or mail box to which said numbers are mounted to. Any structure that utilizes a mail box for the receipt of mail from the United States Postal Service shall display said street or road numbers on both side of the mail box utilized by said structure.

     

  • In no event shall any assigned street numbers be displayed less then fifty (50) feet from the nearest street or roadway.

     
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