Chapter 12.20
NUMBERING BUILDINGS
Sections:
12.20.020 Duty of owner or occupant to number building.
12.20.040 Notice to correctly number – Issuance.
12.20.050 Notice to correctly number – Posting.
12.20.070 Retention of incorrect numbers.
12.20.010 System adopted.
The buildings and houses along the lines of the streets of the city shall be numbered after the following system:
A. Numbering Blocks. The city shall be blocked off into numbering blocks by north and south and east and west lines as nearly parallel as practicable and all as shown on the map or diagram constructed for this purpose, which map is now on file in the office of the city clerk and is entitled “Official Numbering Map of the City of Vacaville.”
B. Numbers Allotted to Each Block. Each numbering block so determined shall be allowed one hundred numbers; fifty on each side of the street and the numbers so allotted shall be assigned on a frontage basis proportionate to the length of the numbering block on the street; provided, however, that where the length of any numbering block is such that the frontage per number will be less than seven and one-half feet, then in that event only, numbers may on residential streets be assigned in such a manner that there shall be but one number available for each seven and one-half feet of such frontage.
C. Direction of Numbering. All numbering west of West Street shall be done from the east toward the west; east of West Street, from the west toward the east; north of Sacramento, Callen and North Streets, from the south toward the north, and south of Sacramento, Callen and North Streets, from the north toward the south, and each such numbered block shall commence with the number so shown on the map or diagram.
D. Numbering on Streets Generally. All streets beginning at any range or row of blocks shall begin with the number of that range, and all streets beginning or ending within any range or row of blocks shall begin or end with the number for the proportionate distance from the range as determined from adjacent parallel streets.
E. Odd Numbers on North and East – Even Numbers on South and West. All numbers on the north and east lines of all streets shall be the odd numbers, and all numbers on the south and west lines of all streets shall be the even numbers, and the odd numbers and the even numbers shall alternate from side to side, making the numbers on opposite sides of the street as nearly equal as practical; provided, however, that irregular streets running in a general southerly or easterly direction shall be numbered continuously, the odd numbers being maintained on one side of the street throughout its entire length regardless of the points of the compass, and the even numbers being maintained on the other side of such street.
F. Numbering on Noncontinuous or Irregular Streets. Certain streets which are noncontinuous or irregular and are particularly designated on the map or diagram as such shall be blocked and numbered on a unit system, that is, commencing with number one and continuing into the hundreds as required. The assignment of numbers on these particular streets shall be on a frontage basis proportionate to length of the numbering blocks on such particular streets as determined or shown on the map or diagram; provided, however, that where the length of the frontage to be numbered is such that the frontage per number will be less than ten feet, then and in that event only, numbers may be assigned in such a manner that there will be but one number available for each ten feet of such frontage.
G. Streets Numbered on Unit System. Streets numbered on the unit system shall insofar as practicable, have even numbers on the right-hand side of the street and the odd numbers on the left-hand side of the street, starting with the number “one” where the street begins and continuing throughout the length of the street. A street shall be considered as beginning at the line where it branches off from a principal street or in cases where either end of such street might be construed as the point of beginning, the street shall be considered as beginning at the line where it branches from the most logical feeding street, the direction of the numbering thereof to be as indicated upon the official numbering map.
H. Curved Streets. The distances per number on curved streets or portions thereof shall, wherever practicable; be determined from proportionate division along the centerline of the streets or portions thereof and the frontage per number on either side of such street or portions thereof shall be determined by normal projection from the centerline of the street to the property line. (Prior code §17.10).
12.20.020 Duty of owner or occupant to number building.
It shall be the duty of every person owning, occupying or controlling any building or house fronting on a public street within the limits of the city to obtain form the city clerk the correct number of the building or house, and to number the same, or cause the same to be numbered, correctly and in accordance with this chapter, within thirty days after the final passage of the ordinance comprising this chapter; and it shall be the duty of any person owning, occupying or controlling any building hereafter erected within the limits of the city to so obtain the correct number and to so number the same within fifteen days after its completion or occupancy. (Prior code §17.11).
12.20.030 Expense.
All buildings or houses must be numbered at the expense of the owner, occupant or person in control thereof. (Prior code §17.12).
12.20.040 Notice to correctly number – Issuance.
In case any building or house within the limits of the city is incorrectly numbered or the number thereof has become defaced or illegible, it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant thereof to cause the same to be numbered correctly within ten days after notification, to do so, given by or under the direction of the city clerk. The notice may be served by leaving a copy thereof at the building or house in charge of any person, addressed “to the owner or occupant of the building or house” or may be given by posting such notice on the door or at the entrance way of the building. (Prior code §17.13).
12.20.050 Notice to correctly number – Posting.
No person shall deface, remove or destroy any notice so posted in accordance with Section 12.20.040 until the building on which the same is posted has been correctly and properly numbered. (Prior code §17.14).
12.20.060 Size and location.
All numbers shall be at least two inches in height and placed upon or immediately above the entrance to the building; provided, however, where such location is impracticable, numbers may be placed in other locations, but must be visible. All numbers must be placed so as to be readily seen from the street by persons approximately in front of the building or house to which the numbers apply. (Prior code §17.15).
12.20.070 Retention of incorrect numbers.
In cases where buildings or houses are incorrectly numbered and correct numbers have been assigned under the direction of the city clerk as provided in Section 12.20.040, the owner or occupant or person in control of the building may, in addition to placing the correct number, retain the incorrect number for a period of ninety days after the notice has been served, but such incorrect number so retained shall be clearly designated as “old” or “formerly.” (Prior code §17.16).