[Ord. No. 216, § 1.]
The word "street," as used in this article, is intended to include
avenue, court, way, drive or other principal public means of access
to buildings or enclosures, but does not include alleys.
[Ord. No. 216, § 2.]
There is hereby adopted and established an official plan of
the city entitled "Plan For Numbering Streets, Blocks, Etc.," now
on file in the office of the city clerk. Such plan on file is hereby
referred to and by reference is made a part of this article, and is
referred to in this article as the plan. This plan, together with
notations incorporated thereon, sets forth for each block in the city
the general block number assigned to such block beginning with 100
or 00 as shown thereon.
[Ord. No. 216, § 3.]
F Street and its easterly continuation sometimes known as State
Highway 120 is hereby designated as the east-west axis for the city,
and the numbers on all streets running north or south, or approximately
so, therefrom shall begin with the number 101 and 102 north or south
respectively from the axis, except between F Street and Olive Avenue,
where the beginning numbers are 1 and 2 north of F Street. First Avenue
and its prolongations north and south is hereby designated as the
north-south axis for the city, and the numbers on all streets running
east or west, or approximately so, therefrom shall begin with the
number 101 and 102 east or west respectively from the axis.
From the above axes the numbers shall run consecutively upwards
block by block with certain exceptions as shown on the plan and caused
by the existing street pattern. Any number on north-south streets
shall be designated and known, for example, as No._______ North First
Avenue or No.________ South First Avenue, as the case may be; and
any number on east-west streets shall be designated and known, for
example, as No._______ East F Street, or No._______ West F Street,
as the case may be.
[Ord. No. 216, § 4.]
No change is made in the street numbering plan in the names
of streets which are not continuous across the respective axes of
the city; except, that a one-block portion of Laural Avenue shall
be renamed Gilbert Street. For all streets which continue across the
respective axes of the city, the prefixes North, South, East, and
West, as the case may be, shall be added to the names of the streets.
[Ord. No. 216, § 5; Ord. No. 218, § 1.]
Except as shown otherwise on the street numbering plan, one
hundred numbers are assigned typically to each block, including the
two sides of the street, a number to each twelve and one-half feet
of frontage typically, or each twenty-five feet of frontage for blocks
exceeding six hundred feet in length as on Oak Avenue from Olive Avenue
to F Street. The even numbers shall be on the north and west sides
of the streets and the odd numbers shall be on the south and east
sides of the streets. Certain exceptions to these general rules are
shown on the plan for cases where there is lack of uniformity of block
lengths on opposite sides of the streets or elsewhere, and where one
hundred numbers may be assigned to two short blocks or to a portion
of a block as the case may be. Where one hundred numbers are assigned
to two short blocks, fifty may be assigned to each block.
[Ord. No. 216, § 6.]
All main entrances to buildings or enclosures from the public
streets of the city shall be numbered in accordance with the street
numbering plan and as hereinafter set forth, and all required changes
from any existing entrance numbers to a new entrance number provided
by this plan shall be made at the earliest possible date and at any
event by July 5, 1948, unless such date is extended by resolution
of the city council.
The duty of obtaining an assignment or reassignment of the appropriate
entrance number is hereby imposed upon the owner and/or the occupant
of the building or enclosure to which any such entrance belongs or
pertains. All such numbers or revised numbers shall be assigned by
an official or department of the city designated for this duty, and
the city shall cause to be prepared such block books or other documents
as may be necessary and adequate for the purpose of keeping an accurate
record of entrance numbers. After assignment the entrance numbers
shall be placed in figures not less than two inches long immediately
above or adjacent to the doorway, gateway or other type of entrance
to the building or enclosure.
[Ord. No. 216, § 8.]
Any adjustments or extensions of the block numbering system
delineated on the plan, which may be deemed advisable to meet changing
block layouts or future conditions, are hereby declared to be administrative
acts and may be made by a resolution of the city council upon recommendation
of the official or department charged with the duty of administering
the provisions of this article. The adjustments or extensions shall
be made so as to most nearly conform to the true purpose and intent
of the comprehensive plan.
