The City Engineer shall have charge of the matter of numbering
houses, buildings, unit, and other property. The property owner is
responsible for posting the number assigned by the City Engineer.
The City Engineer may order a property owner to place the number for
a house, building, unit, or other property as required by this chapter.
The City Engineer may give the order to the owner in writing, by first
class mail, postage prepaid, to the owner at the address as shown
on the last equalized assessment roll.
(Prior code §11.5; Ord. 6143, 2/27/2024)
It is unlawful for an owner of property to fail to place a number upon a building or separately addressed unit within 10 days from the giving of the notice under Section
22.32.010.
(Prior code §11.6; Ord. 6143, 2/27/2024)
The numbers required by this chapter shall meet the requirements
of the
California Building Code and shall be so located that they
are clearly visible from the street. The numbers shall be in a color
contrasting to the background on which they are placed.
(Prior code §11.7; Ord. 6143, 2/27/2024)
All houses, buildings and developed lots fronting on streets
or public thoroughfares shall be numbered in the following manner:
A. Beginning at State Street the lots, houses and buildings shall be
numbered consecutively to the City limits on streets extending in
northeasterly, northerly and southwesterly, southerly directions respectively.
The even numbers shall be on the southeast or east side of streets
running in a northeasterly or northerly direction respectively from
State Street and odd numbers shall be on the northwesterly or westerly
sides respectively of such streets. On streets running in a southwesterly
or southerly direction from State Street, even numbers shall be on
the northwesterly and westerly sides and odd numbers on the southeasterly
and easterly sides respectively of such streets. One hundred numbers
shall be assigned to each block beginning with number one at the opposite
sides of State Street.
B. Beginning at Quinientos Street, lots, houses and buildings shall
be numbered consecutively to the City limits on streets extending
in northwesterly and southeasterly directions respectively. On streets
northwesterly of Quinientos Street and generally parallel to State
Street, the numbers shall be even on the northeasterly or northerly
sides and odd on the southwesterly or southerly sides. On streets
southeasterly of Quinientos Street and generally parallel to the prolongation
of the southerly end of State Street, the numbers shall be even on
the southwesterly side and odd on northeasterly side. One hundred
numbers shall be assigned for each block starting with the number
one on opposite sides of Quinientos Street and the numbers southeasterly
of Quinientos Street shall be followed by the letter S.
C. All avenues, alleys or other places occupied or used for residence
or business purposes shall be numbered in a like manner, and the numbers
shall correspond with the numbers in the block in which such avenues,
alleys or places are situated.
D. Secondary addressing for individual unit numbers or letters in a
house or building and formatting shall comply with the most current
Postal Addressing Standards adopted by the United States Postal Service.
The use of fractional numbers and other secondary addressing items
that impact the United States Postal Service sorting operations is
not permitted.
E. Addresses for electrical meter pedestals in the public right-of-way
may be assigned an address that is not deliverable for mail per utility
company requirements.
(Prior code §11.8; Ord. 6143, 2/27/2024)
Mailbox installations shall follow the United States Postal
Service standards. Roadway posts are permitted only in residential
zones without sidewalks, unless otherwise authorized by the City Engineer.
Mailboxes are subject to local postmaster approval and upon assignment
of an address by the City Engineer, the property owner shall perform
final registration steps with the Post Office to receive mail.
(Ord. 6143, 2/27/2024)