(A) Numbering system. All lots and houses in the city shall be numbered. The Building Inspector shall project the numbers from two base lines. The north and south base line shall be First Street, and the east and west base line shall be A Street.
(1) Streets intersecting First Street. All streets intersecting First Street shall be numbered as follows:
Commencing at the south line of First Street at the point of intersection with No. 100 on the west side thereof and 101 on the east side thereof, and numbering thence south, allowing 100 numbers to each block, odd numbers to be on the east side and even numbers on the west side thereof, numbering one number for each 12 lineal feet, using numbers from 100 through 199 in the first block, numbers 200 through 299 in the second block, and so on consecutively from said base line south to the boundaries of the city. Streets shall be numbered from the north line of First Street to the water front, commencing with 99 on the east side thereof and 98 on the west side thereof and decreasing toward Humboldt Bay, allowing 12 lineal feet for each number.
(2) Streets intersecting A Street. All streets intersecting A Street shall be numbered as follows:
Commencing at the east line of A Street, at the point of intersection with No. 1 on the north side thereof and No. 2 on the south side thereof, and numbering thence east, allowing 100 numbers to each block, odd numbers to be on the north side and even numbers on the south side thereof, numbering one number for each 12 lineal feet, using numbers from 1 through 99 in the first block, numbers 100 through 199 in the second block, and so on consecutively from said base line east to the boundaries of the city. Streets shall be numbered on the west side of A Street, running west to the boundary line of the city in the same manner as on the east side thereof, using even numbers on the north side and odd numbers on the south side, all numbers on streets east of A Street to be designated, for example, as No. 41 Grant Street, and all numbers on streets west of A Street to be designated, for example, as No. 41 W. Grant Street.
(3) Other streets. All other streets shall be numbered in the manner designated on the official map of numbers, and on all such streets east of A Street, the even numbers shall be on the west and south sides thereof, and the odd numbers shall be on the north and east sides thereof, allowing 12 lineal feet for each number.
(‘63 Code, § 9-5.01)
(B) Size of numbers. For other than one- and two-family dwellings and individual mobile homes, address numbers shall be a minimum of six inches in height and minimum 3/8 inch stroke width, and for one- and two-family dwellings in accordance with California Residential Code Section R319.1. Where buildings are set back from the street, larger numbers may be required. (‘63 Code, § 9-5.02)
(C) Failure to comply with provisions. Any owner or occupant of any lot refusing to place the number of the lot over the main entrance of any building erected thereon, after any owner or occupant has been informed of such number by the Building Inspector, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (‘63 Code, § 9-5.03)
(Ord. 220, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2336, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 2449, passed 12-7-48; Am. Ord. 801-C.S., passed 12-3-13; Am. Ord. 852-C.S., passed 1-17-17; Am. Ord. 890-C.S., passed 12-3-19; Am. Ord. 940-C.S., passed 12-6-22) Penalty, see § 150.999