Arcata Municipal Code Art. 4 House Numbers

A uniform system of house numbers described in the following sections is hereby adopted and established in the City.

Two base streets are established from which all numbers shall run. Streets running east and west shall be numbered from Union Street. Streets running north and south shall be numbered from Front Street. Each block shall be given 100 numbers. All numbers on the east and north sides of streets shall be even, all numbers on the south and west sides shall be odd. Numbers shall be apportioned fifty to each side of a block at as near a ratio of one number to each five feet of block frontage as is possible. Numbers on all through streets south of Front Street shall be prefixed with the letter "S". Numbers on all streets east of Union shall be prefixed with the letter "E".

Every person owning, controlling, occupying or using any house, store, storeroom or building situated on premises fronting on any street, avenue, or other public way or place in the city shall procure, place, attach and maintain in a conspicuous place on the street-front of every such house, store, storeroom or building the number assigned thereto by the City.

It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to exercise general supervision and control over the numbering of buildings in the City, in accordance with the provisions of this Article. He shall issue official numbers to applicants and shall cause citations to be issued against persons violating the provisions of this Article. (Ord. 1516, eff. 8/16/2019; Ord. 1567, eff. 3/22/2024)

It shall be the duty of every person owning, controlling, occupying or using any new or altered structure required to be numbered by this Chapter to place, attach and maintain the appropriate number to such structure within sixty days after either the completion or occupancy of the structure, whichever comes first.

All house numbers shall be of such size, and type and so placed as to be easily visible and legible from the center of the street, avenue or other public way or place upon which the premises fronts and shall not be less than three inches in height.