(A) Naming of streets and avenues. There shall be a uniform system of naming and designating all avenues in the city by designating the avenues commencing with the west boundary of the city and running thence eastward.
The presently designated Seventh Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Ash Avenue; the presently designated Sixth Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Birch Avenue; the presently designated Fifth Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Cedar Avenue; the presently designated Fourth Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Douglas Avenue; the presently designated Third Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Elm Avenue; the presently designated Second Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Fir Avenue; the presently designated First Avenue West shall be and is hereby named Grove Avenue; the presently designated Stillwell Avenue shall be and is hereby named Stillwell Avenue; the presently designated First Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Ivy Avenue; the presently designated Second Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Main Avenue; the presently designated Third Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Pacific Avenue; the presently designated Fourth Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Laurel Avenue; the presently designated Fifth Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Madrona Avenue; the presently designated Sixth Avenue East shall be and is hereby named Nestucca Avenue; the presently designated Miller Avenue shall be and is hereby named Miller Avenue; the presently designated Park Avenue shall be and is hereby named Park Avenue; the presently designated Del Monte Avenue shall be and is hereby named Del Monte Avenue; the presently designated Manor Avenue between the presently designated West Sixth Street and the presently designated West Ninth Street shall be and is hereby named Manor Place; that certain avenue between the presently designated East First Street and the presently designated East Third Street shall be and is hereby named Ocean Place; that certain avenue between the presently designated East First Street and the presently designated East Third Street presently designated Goodspeed Avenue shall be and is hereby named Goodspeed Place.
(B) Numbering of buildings. There shall be a uniform system of numbering all houses, stores and other buildings, except sheds and outbuildings, erected or to be erected within the city limits, by placing on the door or door frame of the main entrance to the buildings, or as near thereto as practicable, the number assigned thereto, as hereinafter provided, which numbers to be painted on the building, or on metal or glass, or by a metallic figure used at the option of the owner. The figure designating the number, whether painted or otherwise, may be artistic as long as legible and shall not less than three inches in height. Once assigned, the property owner is required to post the house number in a conspicuous place visible from the street.
(C) Bases for numbering. The base for numbering houses west to east shall be the west city limits, the north to south shall be Front Street and the numbering east from the west city limits shall be in regular order commencing with 1,000 and adding 100 numbers per block for each block added in distance from the west city limits to the east city limits.
(D) East and west numbering. On streets running east and west, the numbers on the north side of the street shall be even numbers; those on the south side of the street shall be odd numbers; those on the north side to run from two to 16 inclusive; and those on the south side from one to 15 inclusive.
(E) North and south numbering. On all avenues and places running north and south, the numbering shall commence on Front Street and continue to the south city limits. The numbers on the west side shall be even and the numbers on the east side odd, and the numbering shall be from two to 16 inclusive on the even and one to 15 inclusive on the odd.
(F) Effective date. All houses or buildings now erected shall be numbered as herein provided on or before December 31, 1951, and all houses or buildings hereafter erected shall be numbered before being occupied.
(G) Penalty. The owner of any house or building required by this section to be numbered, who shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the provisions of § 151.99.
(Prior Code, § 151.05) (Ord. 668, passed 9-17-1951; Ord. 1349, passed 8-19-2019) Penalty, see § 151.99