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)
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)