If your house isn’t properly numbered, firefighters will waste valuable time trying to get to you in the event of an emergency. The following is a copy of the City of Beverly Ordinance requiring houses to be numbered:
Sec 52 Numbering of structures
a All houses businesses and other buildings within the city shall be conspicuously numbered so as to indicate the number of that house business or other building upon the street it fronts upon
b It shall be the duty of every owner and or occupant of each house building and or structure within the city to place there on the number of the house building or structure
c The size color location and visibility of the numbers shall be as follows
1 The minimum height of such number shall be three and one half 31/2 inches in height
2 In order to be visible from the road street or way the number shall be of a contrasting color
3 The numbers shall be affixed to the front door or as close to the front door as possible
4 Where there are multiple houses buildings or structures located off the road on private ways private roads or private lanes the numbers shall be placed at the following locations
a The numbers shall be affixed to a post at the entrance to said private way private road or
private lane
b If the house building or structure is so far off the private way causing the numbers to be
unidentifiable from the private way then a post with the numbers affixed thereto shall be placed at the entrance of the driveway leading to the house building or structure
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