A line drawn through the center of East High Street, Market Square and West High Street and a line drawn through the center of Prussian Street, as said streets are laid out on the Borough Plan of streets (adopted by Ordinance No. 4-25-1893, April 25, 1893, and as extended and laid out by Ordinance No. 3-9-1911, March 9, 1911), and as may hereafter be further extended and laid out by ordinance or otherwise, extending from the eastern Borough boundaries on the East to the western Borough boundaries on the West, and from the northern Borough boundaries on the North to the southern Borough boundaries on the South, through the center of said streets, be and the same are hereby respectively designated and made the dividing lines between North and South, and East and West within the corporate limits of the said Borough of Manheim; and that all points north of said line extending east and west in and through the center of said East High Street, Market Square and West High Street shall be known as "North," and all points south of said line shall be known and designated as "South," and that all points east of said Prussian Street shall be known and designated as "East," and all points west of said line shall be known and designated as "West."
[Adopted 2-27-1918 by Ord. No. 2-27-1918AA (Ch. 21, Part 1, of the 1992 Code)]
A.
All streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues within the said Borough of Manheim as now laid out and opened, or hereafter to be laid out and opened, which shall be north of and run northward from or begin at any point north of and run northward from the center line of East High Street Market Square and West High Street, as set forth in § 190-7 of this article, and the same shall have prefixed before the names as now designated on the said Borough Plan of Streets, and as further extended and laid out by ordinance as aforesaid or as shall or may be by ordinance or otherwise hereafter laid out, the name or word "North," and in like manner all streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues which shall be south of and run southward from said center line of East High Street as set forth in § 190-7 of this article, the same shall have prefixed before the names as now designated on said Borough Plan of Streets, and as further extended and laid out by ordinance as aforesaid or as shall or may by ordinance or otherwise hereafter be laid out, the name or word "South."
B.
All streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues within the said Borough of Manheim as now laid out and opened or hereafter to be laid out and opened, and which shall be east of and run eastward from or begin at any point east of and run eastward from said center line of Prussian Street, as set forth in § 190-7 of this article, the same shall have prefixed before the names as now designated on the said Plan of Streets, and as further extended and laid out by ordinance as aforesaid or as shall or may be by ordinance hereafter laid out and opened, the name or word "East." And in like manner, all streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues which shall be west of and run westward from or begin at any point west of and run westward from said center line of Prussian Street as set forth in § 190-7 of this article, the same shall have prefixed before the names as now designated on said Borough Plan of Streets, and as further extended and laid out by ordinance as aforesaid or as shall or may be hereafter laid out by ordinance or otherwise, the name or word "West."
Section 190-8 of this article shall not apply to nor affect the name of Market Square, nor such streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues as were heretofore or are now properly by ordinance named or prefixed with the words "North," "East," "South" or "West" so as to conform with foregoing sections of this article, but that all other streets, alleys, lanes, highways and avenues having their names prefixed with the words "North," "East," "South" or "West," and the same not being in conformity with the geographical division of the said Borough of Manheim as set forth in § 190-7 of this article, be and the same are hereby renamed with the proper prefix of "North," "East," "South" or "West," as they may lie in relation to the several dividing lines as set forth in § 190-7 aforesaid and as provided in § 190-8 of this article.
A.
Properties, lots or parts of the same situated or fronting on any one or more of the streets, avenues, squares or other highways of the said Borough of Manheim now laid out and open or hereafter to be laid out and opened by ordinance or otherwise shall be designated by numbers, such to run north, east, south or westward from the dividing lines as set forth in § 190-7 of this article; the lots and properties on north and west sides of streets, avenues, squares and highways to be designated by odd numbers, and those on the south and east sides of streets, avenues, squares and highways to be designated by even numbers; the numbering to begin at the nearest point to the division line as above stated with number "1" on the south and east sides of said streets, avenues, squares and highways, and number "2" on the north and west sides of same, and to continue consecutively, northward, eastward, southward, or westward as the direction of said streets, avenues, squares or highways may be; 100 numbers, that is, 50 on each side of same to be contained in block or square, the second block or square to be numbered by beginning at any number "101" to be continued throughout the length of the street, avenue, square or highway with consecutive hundreds to each block or square. Streets, avenues, squares and highways which begin or open or run from or intersect any other street, avenue, square or highway, which does not intersect or have one terminus at or upon any one of the several streets whose center lines are above designated as the division lines, shall be numbered with odd and even numbers as above designated, and in consecutive hundreds with the first or lowest number beginning at the nearest terminus to said division lines corresponding to the hundred or hundreds of the block, street, avenue, square or highway next north, east, south or west which crosses or opens on same and which runs parallel or in the same general direction with such street, square, avenue or highway not having its beginning or one terminus or intersect any one of the said streets designated as division lines in § 190-7 of this article.
B.
It is further ordained that alleys, lanes and other byways not now or usually recognized as streets, avenues, squares or highway, shall be numbered as in this section provided, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as is provided in § 109-10 of this article, that is, by request of owners and occupiers of houses and buildings.
[Amended 9-21-1955 by Ord. No. 283]
The Street Committee of the Borough Council shall lay out and properly divide and subdivide the lots and properties fronting on the several streets, avenues, squares, alleys and lanes in the Borough, assigning to each square, division or subdivision the proper number as provided and intended by the several sections of this article and shall make a plan and record thereof, which shall be kept by the Borough Secretary and shall be revised from time to time as new streets, alleys, avenues and squares may be laid out and opened and as the numbering of lots and properties may be requested by owner or owners thereof. Such plan and record shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours.