All erections or other property abutting on any street or avenue shall be numbered.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 1, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.101)
Central Ave. shall constitute the base line for all numbering on the streets running north and south, and Main Street shall constitute the base line for all numbering on the streets running east and west.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 2, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.102)
Erections fronting streets from the east and fronting streets from the south shall bear odd numbers in their last figure. Erections fronting streets from the west and from the north shall bear even numbers in their last figure. Erections fronting streets running north and south shall be numbered from the base line, such numbers shall be 100 at the base line and not to exceed the number 199 at the end of the first block either north or south of the base line, 200 at the beginning and not to exceed the number 299 at the end of the second block, either north or south of the base line. Such system shall be followed in numbering all of the streets running north and south in this city. Erections fronting streets running east and west shall be numbered from the base line, such numbers shall be 100 at the base line and not to exceed the number 199 at the end of the first block either east or west of the base line, 200 at the beginning and not to exceed the number 299 at the end of the second block, either east or west of the base line. Such system shall be followed in numbering all of the streets running east and west in this city. Where streets intersect but do not cross, the numbers shall run in each case to a street intersecting on both sides of the street being numbered. Any block located upon streets which do not intersect the base lines shall bear the hundred number of the corresponding block nearest the same location, which does intersect the base line. In each block each twenty-five (25) feet of frontage shall be deemed the unit for determining the last figure of the number to be used. From the corner of each block nearest its respective base line each twenty-five (25) feet of frontage shall be given a number, except where lots vary from twenty-five (25) feet in width, such lots shall be numbered to conform to the size of the lot. Letters may be used if necessary to designate a building located on a fractional part of a twenty-five (25) foot frontage.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 3, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.103)
All lots or parts of lots, houses and erections located on those portions of any street extending east and west and being north of the Main Street base line shall be known and designated as “North” and all south of the Main Street base line shall be known and designated as “South.” The prefixes shall be placed before the proper name of the street, as “South Second Street” or “North Second Street.”
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 4, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.104)
In case of doubt or where a question arises as to the proper number to be assigned to any lot or building, the city secretary shall decide the question and fix the number of such lot or building.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 5, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.105)
The number plate, placed upon any building shall be plastic, metal or wood, or the number may be painted on the front of the building, door, post, transom, or other place. The number shall be at least three inches (3") in height and so [placed] as to be easily seen from the street.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 6, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.106)
On buildings now or hereafter erected and fronting on any street or alley shall be conspicuously placed the number as provided by this article.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 7, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.107)
If the owner or lessee of any building shall fail, refuse or neglect to place the number, or replace it when necessary the city secretary may cause a notice to be personally served on such owner or lessee or mailed by registered mail to his last known address, ordering him to place or replace the number. Such owner or lessee shall comply with such notice within ten (10) days from the date of service.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 8, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.108)
Anyone violating any of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction be subject to a fine as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 1020, sec. 9, adopted 12/7/70; 1996 Code, sec. 3.109)