Building numbers
Please support your local Emergency Services and our Volunteers by making sure your outside building numbers can be easily seen!
There are many places in Sheldon where building address numbers are missing or illegible. Legible building numbers are important for your protection and for our public safety personnel. In the event of an emergency call, each second wasted looking for an address puts lives and property at risk. This is also helpful for utility locates and for the Post Office. While building numbers are most important for residences, this is also important for businesses, warehouses, workshops and empty sheds. If your building is not directly adjacent to the street, a clear address number on the entrance sign, a tree, or mailbox is acceptable.
150.02 OWNER REQUIREMENTS. Every owner shall comply with the following numbering requirements:
- Obtain Building Number. The owner shall obtain the assigned number to the principal building from the Clerk. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[3d])
- Display Building Number. The owner shall place or cause to be installed and maintained on the principal building the assigned number in a conspicuous place to the street in figures not less than three inches in height and of a contrasting color with their background. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[3d])
- Failure to Comply. If an owner refuses to number a building as herein provided or fails to do so for a period of three days after being notified in writing by the City to do so, the City may proceed to place the assigned number on the principal building and assess the costs against the property for collection in the same manner as a property tax. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[3h])
Yours truly,
Chief Eric Meinecke - Police
Chief Brad Hindt - Fire
Krysten Haan, Director - Ambulance
Wayne Barahona, Director - EMA