(a) The necessary survey shall be made and completed within nine (9) months from the date of the adoption of this chapter and thereafter there shall be assigned to each house and other residential or commercial building located on any street, avenue, or public way in said city, its respective number under the uniform system provided for in this ordinance according to said survey. When said survey shall have been completed and each house or building has been assigned, its respective number or numbers, the owner, occupant, or agent shall place or cause to be placed upon each house or building controlled by him or her the number or numbers assigned under the uniform system as provided in this chapter.

(b) Such number or numbers shall be placed on existing buildings on or before the effective date of this chapter and within twenty (20) days after the assigning of the proper number in the case of numbers assigned after the effective date of this chapter. The cost of the numbers shall be procured and paid for by the property owner. The numbers used shall be not less than three inches (3") in height and shall be made of a durable and clearly visible material. Beginning on January 1, 2008, new buildings or existing buildings assigned new numbers or replacing existing three-inch (3") numbers must use numbers not less than four-inch (4") in height.

(c) The numbers shall be conspicuously placed immediately above, on or at the side of the proper door of each building so that the number can be seen plainly from the street line. Whenever any building is situated more than fifty (50) feet from the street line, the building number shall be placed near the walk, driveway, or common entrance to such building and upon a gate post, fence, tree, post, or other appropriate place so as to be easily discernible from the sidewalk.