Chapter 12.24
STREET AND HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
Sections:
12.24.010 Avenues, streets and courts designated.
12.24.020 Numbering of structures—Duty of owner.
12.24.030 Assignment of numbers.
12.24.040 Duty of building inspector.
12.24.050 Maps and drawings to be kept on file.
12.24.010 Avenues, streets and courts designated.
All public roadways in the city which lie in an easterly-westerly direction shall hereafter be designated as avenues in place of their previous designation, be it street, terrace, or such other designation. All public roadways in the city which lie in a northerly-southerly direction shall hereafter be designated as streets in place of their previous designation, be it avenue, terrace or such other designation. Cul-de-sacs presently designated as courts shall retain their current names. All public ways shall retain their other given name. (Ord. 1052 § 1, 2016)
12.24.020 Numbering of structures—Duty of owner.
It shall be the duty of the owner, agent, lessor or occupant of every house or other building, except barns, garages and other buildings which are part of the same property with a numbered house or building, to place on every such building its proper street number, either by painting or by affixing such numbers in metal, glass or other form, so that the same shall be clearly visible from the sidewalk and contrasting with the background. The numbers shall be of the size of a minimum of three inches in height. If the building is so situated that numbers cannot be placed in a conspicuous place in plain view of the roadway, numbers shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the building and in view from the driveway servicing the building. In addition, numbers so assigned shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in plain view from the roadway. Numbers shall be placed on such houses and buildings within thirty (30) days from the time the owner, agent, lessor or occupant is notified either by mail, publication or telephone of the assignment of numbers to the houses as hereinafter provided. It is furthermore the responsibility of the affected owner, agent, lessor or occupant to notify the proper agencies, both governmental and private, of effective address change. (Ord. 582 § 2, 1978)
12.24.030 Assignment of numbers.
Numbers shall be assigned to houses and buildings from State Street and Central Avenue, as bases, and in the following manner:
All houses and buildings situated within the first block north of Central Avenue on all intersecting streets shall be given numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive; within the second block numbers between 200 and 299 inclusive shall be used, and so on in each succeeding block; and all numbers shall be indicated by adding the word “North” to the name of the “Street.”
In like manner, the numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive shall be used in the first block south of Central Avenue on intersecting streets, and each succeeding hundred in each succeeding block; and the word “South” shall be added to the street name.
On streets intersecting State Street numbers between 100 and 199 inclusive shall be used within the first block from State Street on either side, and each succeeding hundred in each succeeding block, with the addition of the word “East” or “West” to the Avenue name as the case may be.
Odd numbers shall be used on the west and north sides of the roadways and even numbers on the east and south sides, respectively.
Within any block, the houses or buildings nearer the base street shall use the smaller numbers. In assigning numbers to houses and buildings, buildings between which more than twenty-five (25) feet lie unimproved, and deep lots more than one hundred (100) feet deep shall be allowed sufficient numbers for later assignment to such vacant areas.
When assigning numbers to houses and buildings below abutting street grades the address will be preceded by Sublevel “A,” “B” or “C,” respectively, as the levels move down from ground level floor which will be “Level 1.” As the assignment of addresses move up from “Level 1” the respective addresses will be preceded by Level “2,” “3,” “4” respectively as you move upward away from ground level one. (Ord. 582 § 3, 1978)
12.24.040 Duty of building inspector.
It shall be the duty of the building inspector to assign numbers, as hereinbefore provided, to every house or other building in the city; if four or more numbers need to be reassigned to existing structures in a given area, a report on such change will be given to the next regular meeting of the council. The council shall at once consider such report, and accept and by motion approve the same with such revision and amendments as they may deem necessary. Such report will be made a part of the meeting minutes. It shall be the duty of the city recorder at once to notify the owners, agents, lessors or occupants of such houses or buildings, either by mail, publication or telephone, of the numbers so assigned. A notice of an address assignment or change will be sent to the local postmaster for his records. (Ord. 582 § 4, 1978)
12.24.050 Address base map.
A reproducible plat of the city bearing the addresses of houses and other buildings in the city shall be kept on file in the city building - planning department. It will be the responsibility of the building inspector to keep the map up to date monthly and distribute revisions semi-annually to the department heads of the city. (Ord. 582 § 5, 1978)
12.24.060 Violation—Penalty.
Whoever shall fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or whoever shall affix to or display upon any house or building any such numbers other than those assigned to it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each day of noncompliance may be counted as a separate offense. (Ord. 582 § 6, 1978)