The City of Ball Ground is concerned for your safety and request your cooperation regarding street numbering on buildings. According to city ordinance (See Below) every primary structure within the Ball Ground City Limits shall properly affix and display their assigned street number in a manner consistent with this ordinance.
For questions, please call Eric Wilmarth at 770-735-2123.
Ball Ground Municipal Code: Chapter 2
Title: Display of Street Address Numbers
3-2-1 Definitions
3-2-2 Requirement to Display Street Number
3-2-3 Size, Specification and Placement of Numbers
3-2-1 Definitions:
Primary Structure: The main building or structure occupying a specific parcel of land. The primary structure would be that building or structure actually meant to be lived in, or occupied for the purpose of conducting business.
3-2-2 Requirement to Display Street Numbers:
In many emergency situations, minutes can be the difference between life and death. If addresses are not visible from the road it takes first responders extra time to hunt down the proper home or business. Now, therefore be it ordained that every primary structure within the Ball Ground City Limits shall properly affix and display their assigned street number in a manner consistent with this ordinance.
3-2-3 Size, Specification and Placement of Numbers:
Numbers shall contrast the background color or be reflective so they are easy to read. Numbers will be a minimum of 3” in height.
The street address number must be displayed on the building to the left of the entry door that is most visible from the street in a location that will be clearly visible from the road, day and night. If the numbers are not easily viewed from the road, a mailbox or post at the road will be used to display the address number.
When a mailbox is used to display the street number the numbers must be affixed in a way that the number is clearly visible even when the arm is in the down position, and the numbers must be placed perpendicular to the road. For the purpose of this ordinance a mailbox may only be used to display the street number if it is a single mailbox.
If a structure is more than 100 feet from the centerline of the road the address will be placed at or near the driveway of the structure and also to the left of the entry door on the building that is most visible from the street as described in paragraph 2 above.