HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 - Curb Street Number PaintingSeptember 27, 1999
Agenda Item No. 5
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Resource Management • Human Resources • Risk Management - Fiscal
Services • M.I.S. • Revenue • Accounting
DATE: September 27, 1999
TO: MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Glen Everroad, Revenue Manager
RE: CURB STREET NUMBER PA: TOG
Recommendation
Adopt the attached proposed resolution establishing guidelines for painting of street
addresses on curb faces.
Background
The City does not paint street addresses on curb faces. Newport Beach Municipal Code
Section 12.20.080 limits the painting of streets or curbs to those authorized by the City,
except for the painting of numbers on curbs. This section also requires anyone painting
numbers on curbs to comply with the provisions of any City resolution or ordinance
pertaining to such acts. Other than Section 12.20.080, the City does not have a resolution
or ordinance regulating the painting of street numbers on curb faces. The City does not
require curb number painting service providers to obtain prior permission from the
resident, nor has the City established standards relative to the size or color of the numbers
to be painted.
Approximately every two years, businesses circulate through the City providing street
curb painting services to residents. Prior to plying their trade in the City, these
businesses routinely contact the Revenue Division to determine any requirements the
City may have on their business conduct. Unless operating as a non - profit organization,
curb number painting service providers are required by Chapter 5.04 to obtain a business
license (a non - regulatory process). Routinely these companies solicit their services by
distributing circulars in residential districts indicating their company (or non -profit
organization) will be painting their street address on the curb face on a particular day, and
suggests payment (or donation) will be retrieved from the resident on that day after the
numbers have been painted. While some curb painting service providers will not paint
the street numbers on the curb face if the resident asserts their request not to have their
numbers painted (usually by taping the circular to the curb face), most paint the numbers
whether or not the resident desires the service.
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This year, two curb painting service providers were simultaneously providing services to
City residents. Their competition in providing this service contributed to the significant
number of complaints Police, Traffic Engineering, City Attorney and Revenue Division
staff received regarding their business practices. Resident's complaints ranged from not
desiring their numbers being painted to having the wrong numbers painted. The Police
Department dispatched officers to at least two incidents involving street number curb
painters during the month they were operating in the City.
Discussion
The Police Department, Traffic Engineer, City Attorney's Office and the Revenue
Division have reviewed the proposed standards for the painting of street addresses on
curb faces, and believe they will reduce the number of complaints regarding these
services.
Attachment: Proposed Resolution 9
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR
PAINTING STREET NUMBERS ON CURBS
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 12.20.080 prohibits the
painting of any street or curb surface except the painting of numbers; and
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 12.20.080 requires any
person painting numbers on a curb surface to comply with the provisions of any
resolution or ordinance pertaining to painting numbers on a curb surface; and
WHEREAS, no resolution or ordinance of Newport Beach Municipal Code
currently establishes standards for painting street numbers on curb surfaces; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish standards and regulations for
painting street numbers on curb surfaces.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach as follows:
1. Residents and property owners may paint street numbers on curbs adjacent to the
resident or property owner's property. All street numbers shall be painted on curb
surfaces in minimum three -inch (3 ") numbers in black on a white background.
2. No other person shall paint street numbers on curb surfaces without prior written
approval of the property owner or resident living at the street number to be
painted, or written contract with the City of Newport Beach to paint street
numbers.
ADOPTED, this day of September, 1999
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
MAYOR