Chapter 11.24
HOUSE NUMBERING
Sections:
11.24.020 Commercial, industrial and multifamily addresses.
11.24.030 Notice to owner or occupant.
11.24.040 Premises description.
11.24.090 Starting points or dividing lines.
11.24.010 Required.
All entrances from public streets of the city to buildings shall be numbered. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; 1964 Code § 23.69.)
11.24.020 Commercial, industrial and multifamily addresses.
All commercial, industrial and multifamily buildings shall bear address numbers at each entrance, front and rear. This requirement shall apply even though such an entrance is from a private street, private parking lot, alley or walkway. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; Ord. 1516 § 1, 1982. Formerly 11.24.015.)
11.24.030 Notice to owner or occupant.
The director shall give notice calling attention to this chapter by one publication of such notice in a newspaper published in general circulation in the city or by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to the occupant, lessee, tenant, subtenant or other person in control of the building, if the address of any such party is known to the director or, if the address of any such party is not known to the director, such notice shall be mailed, addressed to one of such parties at the city. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; Ord. 1394 § 13, 1978; 1964 Code § 23.70. Formerly 11.24.020.)
11.24.040 Premises description.
Within 10 calendar days after notice has been given as required by CMC 11.24.030, the occupant, lessee, tenant, subtenant or other person in control of a building with an entrance from a public street shall furnish to the director of public works a description of such premises as set forth in map and plans thereof recorded in the office of the county recorder. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; Ord. 1394 § 13, 1978; 1964 Code § 23.71. Formerly 11.24.030.)
11.24.050 Designation.
Upon receipt of the information required by CMC 11.24.040, the director shall designate the number for the premises covered thereby. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; Ord. 1394 § 13, 1978; 1964 Code § 23.72. Formerly 11.24.040.)
11.24.060 Location.
The number of each fronting entrance to a building or structure shall be placed in a conspicuous position over, upon or adjacent to each and every door or entranceway to such building or structure. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; 1964 Code § 23.73. Formerly 11.24.050.)
11.24.070 Size and material.
The figures used in numbers designated under this chapter shall be not less than two inches in height and made of corresponding width, made out of rustproof material including, but not limited to, aluminum, porcelain, ceramic, plastic, wood, or cement, and shall be of a color that contrasts with its background to enhance its visibility. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; 1964 Code § 23.74. Formerly 11.24.060.)
11.24.080 System generally.
A. For the purpose of numbering buildings and structures as required by this chapter, 100 numbers or as many thereof as shall be necessary shall be allowed to each block.
B. Number 100 shall be the first number used at the respective beginning points on the side of the street which is to contain even numbers, and number 101 for the side of the street which is to contain the odd numbers. The first number in each block shall be increased by 100 over the first number in the next preceding block, and each 15 feet of frontage or fraction thereof on the north and west side of each street in each block shall be numbered consecutive odd numbers, and each 15 feet or fraction thereof on the south and east sides of each street in each block shall be numbered with consecutive even numbers.
C. Should the door or entrance way fall on the dividing line between two sections, the number of the section best representing the premises shall be used. Should several doors or entrance ways occur in succession within less space than is provided for in this section, the numbers may be shifted forward or backward so as to provide for a fractional number for each entrance or a new series in alphabetic order.
D. Numbers shall be calculated from the end of the block nearest to the starting point or dividing line. On all streets, the numbering shall be done as if the street extends to the dividing line or starting point for the city, as defined in CMC 11.24.090.
E. Alley intersections shall not be numbered. Any fractional section of street frontage of less than 15 feet adjoining an alley on the side thereof nearest the initial number on such street shall be given a whole number. The first 15 feet on the opposite side of such alley shall be given the next odd or even number.
F. A “block” within the meaning of this section is that portion of any street between two intersecting streets, or between an intersecting street and an abutting street, or between two abutting streets. In the case of abutting streets, the prolonged centerline of the abutting streets shall be the dividing line of the block, and all blocks exceeding 1,000 feet in length shall be considered two equal blocks. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; 1964 Code § 23.75. Formerly 11.24.070.)
11.24.090 Starting points or dividing lines.
The following shall be the respective starting points or dividing lines for numbering all buildings fronting on streets heretofore laid out or hereafter to be laid out or extended:
A. From east to west, Citrus Avenue shall be the dividing line;
B. From north to south, Badillo Street shall be the starting point.
In designating any location in the city by number and street, the word “East” shall precede the name of each street running easterly from Citrus Avenue, and the word “West” shall precede the name of each street running westerly from Citrus Avenue. The word “North” shall precede the name of each avenue running northerly from Badillo Street, and the word “South” shall precede the name of each avenue running southerly from Badillo Street. (Ord. 10-1987 § 5, 2010; 1964 Code § 23.76. Formerly 11.24.080.)