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STREET NUMBERS REQUIRED ON HOUSES The Orono Police Department would like to inform the public of the necessity of readable numbers on houses and buildings within the Orono jurisdiction. Several emergencies have arisen and emergency personnel were dispatched to a specific address. They were uneible to locate the address, however, due to a lack of numbers on the residence causing an unnecessary delay. The following is the orono ordinance requiring the numbering of houses and buildings. SEC. 6.40. Sutxl 1. B E. NUMBERING OF HOUSES AND BUILDINGS Duty df Owner or Occupent The owner or occupant o# every occupied property and every house or oth«’ building shall place on such building the proper ttreet number for such building, either by painting or affixing such number so that the number shall be claaiiy visible from the sidewalk or street Where the house is not visibie from the street or private road, or m located more than 300 feet from such street or raad. an additkxial set of numbers shaR be placed on a sign at the driveway apron with numbers visible in both directlona of travel on the street Where more than one house Is served by the same private driveway or unnamed txivate read, additional sets o# numbers shall be placed at every fork or other driveway as necessary to direct traffic to every house including the house farthest from the street Numbers placed on malboxes are irwjfflcient to the provisions of this Subdivision except wh«i maibox stands CXI subject property, not acroee e pubite street and not in a group of malboxes more than one in nun^Mf. The nwlmum sm for number shei be three Inches. Numbers shal be reflectrve or of color contrasting w5h background. In aJdition to complying with the City ordinance, placing readable numbers on your house or building could be a life saver.