Chapter 17.20
STREET NUMBERING
Sections:
17.20.010 Assignment of numbers.
17.20.020 Placement of numbers.
17.20.030 Numbering system generally.
17.20.040 Official number – Required.
17.20.050 Official number – Terms and conditions of issuance.
17.20.060 Street and highway name changes.
17.20.070 Penalty for violation.
17.20.010 Assignment of numbers.
All property fronting on a public street or highway in the City shall be assigned a number for each 25 feet of frontage thereon or major portion of any such 25 feet fronting thereon; except that all property fronting on Brideway between Richardson Street and San Carlos Avenue, and also all property fronting on Princess Street, shall be assigned a number for every 12.5 feet; and where two or more houses are located on a lot back from any such public street or highway and these houses have a common entrance fronting upon any public street or highway each such house shall take a number to be shown at such entrance and the number shall be qualified by the letters A, B, C, and further letters of the alphabet in succession, respectively, as required; that is to say, if such entrance is number 25 and there are three houses served by such entrance, these houses shall be numbered 25A, 25B, and 25C, and any such entrance serving several houses must be plainly numbered to indicate that it does serve such houses so numbered. [Ord. 356 § 1, 1938.]
17.20.020 Placement of numbers.
All numbers must be so placed that they are easily discernible from any public street or highway on which the house or structure which they number fronts or has entrance. [Ord. 356 § 2, 1938.]
17.20.030 Numbering system generally.
The numbering shall commence at points on the respective public streets or highways, as designated by resolution hereafter duly passed by the City Council, with odd numbers assigned to the left side of the street and even numbers assigned to the right side. Unless otherwise authorized and directed by such resolution of the City Council, the numbers 1 and 2, respectively, will be used at the point of commencement of the respective sides of the street and a consecutive odd or even number, respectively, will be assigned to each 25 or 12.5 feet or major portion thereof, as set forth in SMC 17.20.010. [Ord. 356 § 3, 1938.]
17.20.040 Official number – Required.
Any person, company or corporation owning property within the City on which a dwelling house or other structure used either for a dwelling or for conducting any business of any kind whatsoever is situated shall obtain an official number for such dwelling house or other structure from the City Clerk and must do so upon 10 days’ notice from the City Clerk requiring such number to be obtained. [Ord. 356 § 4, 1938.]
17.20.050 Official number – Terms and conditions of issuance.
The City Clerk is authorized to issue official numbers for all dwelling houses or other structures situated in the City as in this chapter directed to be numbered, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the City Council shall, by resolution hereafter duly passed and adopted by it, direct. [Ord. 356 § 5, 1938.]
17.20.060 Street and highway name changes.
In carrying out the plan for numbering the public streets and highways of the City, as set forth in this chapter, the City Council is authorized and empowered by resolution duly passed and adopted by it to change the name of any public street or highway, or portion thereof, within the City, as the City Council may deem necessary or proper. [Ord. 356 § 6, 1938.]
17.20.070 Penalty for violation.
Any person, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Ord. 356 § 7, 1938.]