Whenever any building shall be erected or located in the city, it shall be the duty of the owner to procure the correct number(s) for the property from the engineering/building departments and to display the assigned number(s) following the guidelines set forth in this chapter. A temporary sign displaying the city’s assigned number(s) shall be posted at the lot while under construction.

No building permit shall be issued for any building until the owner has procured from the city the official address of the premises. Final approval of any structure erected, repaired, altered, or modified after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be withheld by the city permit center until permanent and proper numbers have been affixed to said structure.

The city of Anacortes is hereby charged with the enforcement of this chapter. The city shall, upon the application or request of the owner of any property, ascertain the correct address thereof in accordance with the addressing system as set forth in this chapter.

Whenever the irregularity of plats, the changing of direction of the public or private rights-of-way, the interruption of continuity of public rights-of-way or any other condition causes doubt or difference of opinion as to the correct address of any piece of property or any building thereon, the address shall be determined by the city. In the event that the owner or occupant or person in charge of any house or building refuses to comply with the terms of this chapter by failing to affix the number assigned within thirty days after notification, or by failing within said period of thirty days to remove any old numbers affixed to such building, entrance or elsewhere, which may be confused with the number assigned thereto, the occupant shall be in violation of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, deface or take down any address placed on any property in accordance with this chapter, except for repair or replacement of such address. Violation of this chapter shall be a civil penalty and a fine of twenty-five dollars. Each separate day such violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 2721 Att. A § 1, 2005)