General requirements.

Charlotte City Code § 19-97

in effect

Sec. 19-97. - General requirements. (a) It shall be the duty of each owner of a residential, institutional or commercial building to display the proper street address on the front thereof. (b) One and two family dwellings shall display street address numbers on the structure that are at least four inches (102mm) in height with a minimum stroke width (line thickness) of 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) and be clearly legible from the nearest travel way. (c) Except where the fire marshal has determined that they are not adequately legible from the road, structures displaying address numbers which are three inches high or more and which were erected prior to the passage of this section of the code may remain in place until they are removed for renovation or any other reason, at which time they must be brought into conformance with subsections (b) and (d). (d) Except where provided in subsection (c) above, commercial, multi-family and institutional buildings shall display street address numbers at least four inches in height or one inch in height for every ten feet of distance between the displayed number and the centerline of the adjacent roadway, whichever is greater. Maximum number size will not exceed 1.5 times the required size and not exceed 30 inches total. (e) Should the commercial, multi-family or institutional structure be too far from the public or private travel way for required numbers to be seen, the property owner shall also erect, where the main driveway to the building intersects the public travel way, an additional set of numerals which can be easily read from vehicles traveling at the prevailing speed on the roadway. (f) On lots adjoining more than one street, placement of address numbers on structures shall make clear to which street or road the number refers. Where this cannot be attained by choice of placement location, both the street name and number shall be displayed (e.g., 234 Bay Street). (Ord. No. 2375, § 1, 9-8-2003)

Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH19STSIOTPUPL_ARTIVNUBU_S19-97GEREFetched: 10/27/2026