All buildings and houses fronting on the streets of the city shall be numbered according to the following system:
(A) Main Street shall divide the city north and south and Washington Street shall divide the city east ad west for numbering purposes. Each street crossing Main Street shall have the word “North” (N) or the word “South” (S) prefixed to its name proper according as the line of such street lies north or south of Main Street, and each street crossing Washington Street shall have the word “East” (E) or the word “West” (W) prefixed to its name according as the line of the street lies east or west of Washington Street.
(B) On streets running north and south or at an angle verging to the east or west and commencing at Main Street, 100 numbers shall be assigned to the square, or space equaling a square, between cross streets, and such numbers shall be assigned whether the lots fronting on such streets are built on or not; and on unplatted grounds each space of 50 feet thereof shall be assigned the proper number, and be so designated when built upon. The even numbers shall be placed upon the buildings on the east side and the odd numbers on the west side of all north and south streets, beginning with Nos. 101 and 102 at Main Street as a basis and numbering thence north and south, adding 100 to the serial at the farthest crossing of each cross street until boundaries of the city or termini of the streets are reached. On streets running east and west, and commencing at or crossing Washington Street, 100 numbers shall be assigned to like spaces described for north and south streets and according to the same system. The odd numbers shall be placed upon buildings on the south side and the even numbers upon those of the north side of such streets, beginning with Nos. 101 and 102 at Washington Street as a basis of numbering, thence east and west, adding 100 to the serial at the farthest crossing of cross streets until the city limits or termini of the streets are reached.
(C) Buildings on diagonal streets not crossing or beginning at Main or Washington Street shall be numbered beginning with Nos. 101 and 102 at the first point of divergence of such diagonal streets from other streets as a basis, and numbering thence to the city limits as with other streets placing the odd numbers on buildings on the right and even numbers on those of the left of such streets; and on all other streets which do not begin at, nor cross, Main or Washington Street, the assignment of numbers shall begin at the end nearest to the divisional streets; but with the numbers at such point of beginning as would have been assigned had such streets begun at said divisional streets and alternate as provided above. In case of a break in the line of any street the numbering of the buildings thereon shall recommence with the numbers that would have been assigned had the street line been continuous and unbroken.
(D) Half numbers may be placed over stairways in any business building or tenement house in which occupancy of the upper story is separate and distinct from the ground floor.
(E) All numbers placed upon buildings or houses under this section, except stores, factories and other business houses, shall be made of durable metal, of a size not less than three inches by two inches square.
(F) The owner of any house or building fronting on any a street of the city, upon being informed of the proper number of the same, is required to place or cause to be placed in some public or conspicuous place on the outside front thereof a number plainly indicating by appropriate figures the proper and assigned number of the same, of the size and material specified above. If the number becomes defaced, removed, destroyed or so worn as not to be plainly visible, the owner of the building shall replace it.
(G) No person shall take down, alter or destroy or conceal any number assigned to and placed upon any house or building, or place or substitute an erroneous or improper number on his house or building, or take down, break, deface, destroy, or conceal any street name painted or posted in the city.
(‘85 Code, § 12.25) Penalty, see § 98.999