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Part 5 — HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

Arcadia Building Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Arcadia

8750. - ADOPTION.

There is hereby adopted and established a system for the numbering of houses and store entrances as provided in this Chapter.

8751. - BLOCK DIVISION.

For the purpose of such enumeration all blocks on Santa Anita Avenue, on First Avenue, and on Second Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and Duarte Road, shall be divided into sections of twenty (20) feet, and all blocks on all other streets, for the purpose of such enumeration, shall be divided into sections of twentyfive (25) feet.

8752. - METHOD OF NUMBERING.

All house or store numbers shall be numbered according to the successive subdivisions of twenty (20) or twenty-five (25) feet, as the case may be, and allowing not in excess of one hundred (100) numbers for each block; that is, there shall be no more than fifty (50) odd numbers on one side of any street so numbered, nor more than fifty (50) even numbers on the other side of any street so numbered. Each successive block shall be similarly numbered with successive series of hundred.

8753. - ASSIGNMENT OF NUMBERS.

It is hereby made the duty of the Director of Public Works to furnish to any applicant therefor, upon blanks to be provided by the City, the correct number or numbers of any lot, house or parcel of land within the City, determined from a careful computation arrived at from the official maps of the City or from measurements made of the location of said houses or land, according to the plan specified in Part 1 of this Chapter.

8754. - EXCLUSIVE USE OF NUMBER.

After receiving such official number from the Director of Public Works, the owner or occupant of the premise for which said official number has been so given shall be entitled to display such number upon said premises and shall be entitled to the exclusive use of such number for the said premises for which the same shall have issued, and said premise shall thereafter be entitled to be officially known by such number thus furnished.

(Former Chapter 7 (Sections 8710 through 8737) repealed and a new Chapter 7 added by Ord. 1443 adopted 12-21-71. Chapter 7 (Sections 8710 through 8718) repealed and a new Chapter 7, Part 5 added by Ord. 1719 adopted 5-5-81.)

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▸ Contents — Arcadia Building Code
Arcadia Building Code
  1. Article VIII — BUILDING REGULATIONS
  2. Part 1 — CREATION OF DIVISION
  3. Part 2 — DEFINITIONS
  4. Part 3 — VIOLATIONS
  5. Part 4
  6. Part 1 — ADOPTION
  7. Part 3 — ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS[[3]]
  8. Part 2 — PURPOSE
  9. Part 3
  10. Part 1 — DECLARATION OF NEED
  11. Part 2 — PURPOSE
  12. Part 5 — DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
  13. Part 2 — SANITARY FACILITIES
  14. Part 4 — SWIMMING POOL REGULATIONS
  15. ▸ Part 5 — HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
    Overview
    1. 8752. - METHOD OF NUMBERING.
  16. Part 6 — SECURITY BARS
  17. Part 3
  18. Part 1 — UNREINFORCED MASONRY BEARING WALL BUILDINGS
  19. Part 2 — PURPOSE
  20. Part 3 — ADDITIONS, DELETES AND AMENDMENTS[[12]]

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