7.020 Rules for Numbering Lots, Tracts and Parcels of Land Fronting and Abutting on Streets.

The lines of all lots, tracts and parcels of land fronting and abutting on streets in the City of Manitowoc shall, for the purpose of numbering the same, be divided into sections of 25 feet each, as near as practicable according to the width and length of such lots, tracts or parcels of land to be numbered as hereinafter provided.

(1) Streets Running East and West. On all streets within said City running in an east and west direction, the numbers of said sections shall be as follows:

Commencing with the number 200 upon 2nd Street, sections shall be numbered westward, from 200 upwards, on each side of the street alternately, the even numbers to be placed on the north side of the street and the odd or uneven numbers on the south side thereof. Each succeeding block to begin the numbering with the number of the street multiplied by 100.

(2) Streets on the North Side of the Manitowoc River, Running North and South. On all streets on the north side of the Manitowoc River in said City running in a north and south direction, the numbering of said sections shall be as follows:

Commencing with the number one on the north line of the Manitowoc River from 10th Street, east to Lake Michigan to number 100 or less as the case may be on Maritime Drive; from Maritime Drive North to York Street with the number 100 and to increase by units to the end of the block, each block to begin with an additional 100 and to increase by units as above set forth, the even numbers to be on the east side thereof.

(3) Streets on the South Side of the Manitowoc River, Running North and South. On all streets on the south side of the Manitowoc River in said City running in a north and south direction the numbering of said sections shall be as follows:

In the block north of Wollmer Street the numbering shall begin with the number 600, thence to increase southward by units to the number 700 or less as the case may be, the block south of Wollmer Street to begin with the number 700 and to increase southward by units as aforesaid, the next block south to begin with the number 800, each subsequent block to begin with an additional hundred except as hereinafter provided, the even numbers to be in the west side of the street and the odd or uneven numbers on the east side thereof.

(4) Streets East of 10th Street on the South Side of the Manitowoc River. On streets east of 10th Street on the south side of the Manitowoc River such numbering shall be as follows:

Commencing at the Manitowoc River with the number 800, and increasing by units southward to Franklin Street; at Franklin Street such numbering shall commence with the number 900 and increase by units southward to Washington Street; at Washington Street such numbering shall commence with the number 1,000 and increase by units southward to Marshall Street, the even numbers to be on the west side of the street and the odd or uneven numbers on the east side thereof.

(5) Streets in an Area North of East Waldo Boulevard and East of the Little Manitowoc River and Johnston Drive. The following described “base line” will designate the street name prefixes and address numbering system for an area in the northeast portion of the City of Manitowoc.

The new “base line” is described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Waldo and East Waldo Boulevard and the Little Manitowoc River; thence northerly along the center of the Little Manitowoc River to the intersection with Reed and East Reed Avenues; thence extending due north to the center line of the Canadian National/Wisconsin Central Railroad right-of-way; thence easterly along the railroad right-of-way to the center line of Johnston Drive; thence northerly along Johnston Drive to the City limits line.

All dedicated, constructed, or renamed east-west running streets east of the base line shall use the prefix “East” or “E” before the street name. Any improved street not using the “East” or “E” prefix prior to September 1, 2002, shall not be required to use said prefix.

All newly assigned address numbering shall conform with the existing block addressing system on record in the City Planning Department.

(6) Assigning and Placing of Uniform Property Address Numbers.

(a) Maintenance of Numbering System. The City Planning Department shall make the necessary survey and assign to each building located on any street, avenue or highway in the City of Manitowoc its respective numbers under the system provided for in this section. When the City Planning Department has completed the survey and assigned to each building so located its respective number(s), the owner or occupant of the building shall be responsible for obtaining the address number(s) and frame(s), and for the placing of proper number(s) on said buildings. The placement of these numbers shall be uniform with other such buildings, and shall appear as the Common Council shall designate. The cost of address numbers and frames, as established by resolution of the Common Council, shall be borne entirely by the owner or occupant of the building.

Where an existing structure, located in territory annexed into the City, shall be required to modify its property address either because of a change in street reference, or because the placement, size or other characteristics of the building’s existing address display are not in compliance with the City standards, the owner or occupant of the building shall be notified by the City Clerk, and required to purchase from the City new address number(s) and frame(s), at a cost established by resolution of the Common Council. Failure to comply with requirements in this section within six months from the date of delivery of the notice of address change under subsection (6)(b) of this section shall be deemed in violation of this section and subject to penalties under MMC 15.630.

(b) Numbering System in Newly Annexed Lands. All properties located on, and with a current property address referenced by, a U.S. highway, State Trunk Highway, or County Trunk Highway shall, effective the date after legal publication of an annexation ordinance, no longer have its address identified by the above-referenced highway designation. Said properties shall be referenced and identified by the official City street name which adjoins the above-referenced highway, or if no such City street name exists, by a street name so designated by the City Planning Department in accordance with MMC 7.010.

Within 60 days after the date of publication of an annexation ordinance, the City Clerk shall be responsible to promptly provide written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Manitowoc Post Office and to all property owners and residences located in any newly annexed area to the City, apprising said parties of the property’s formal street address in the City of Manitowoc.

(c) Placement of Street Address Numbers. The owner of any property to whom a street address number has been assigned shall display and maintain the street number upon a building located on such property. The street address number shall be located on the front face of the building or premises so as to be readily visible from the street. In wooded areas, fenced-in enclosures or other areas where the front face of the building is not readily visible from the street, the address number shall also be displayed parallel to the street so that it is readily visible from the street.

(d) Violation. It shall be unlawful for any persons to alter any number or, as an owner, to display any improper number other than the one designed by virtue of this section, or to otherwise violate any requirement in this section.

(7) Street numbering along Chiefs Way will begin with the number 1 commencing at a starting point being approximately 1,000 feet west of S. 21st Street.

[Ord. 24-1400 § 2, 2024. Prior code § 7.02]