Exeter Municipal Code Ch. 15.48 Street Names and House Numbering

A. Streets extending east and west shall be designated as "avenue" and those extending north and south shall be designated as "street." All new streets and avenues which are in the same relative position within the city, although not connected, shall have the same designation as though the street or avenue were a continuous street.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A above, all streets and avenues named as of January 1, 1998, shall retain their names until and unless city council acts by specific ordinance to change such name.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983; Ord. 570 §2, 1998)

A. Pine Street shall divide all streets running north and south so that all that portion of any and all such streets lying north of Pine Street shall be known by its name with the word "north" prefixed thereto, and all that portion of any and all such streets lying south of Pine Street shall be known by its name and the word "south" prefixed thereto.

B. "F" Street shall divide all avenues running east and west so that all that portion of any and all such avenues lying east of "F" Street shall be known by its name with the word "east" prefixed thereto, and all that portion of any and all such streets lying west of "F" Street shall be known by its name and the word "west" prefixed thereto.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983; Ord. 570 §3, 1998)

A. Names of new streets and avenues assigned to new developments shall be approved by the city council as recommended by the planning commission.

B. Any thoroughfares having diagonal or curved alignments shall be called "drives" and cul-de-sacs shall be called "place" or "court" or when the city council approves said name in accordance with the planning commission recommendation.

C. Names of new streets and avenues added to the city by annexation or otherwise shall be approved by the city council.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983)

The city planning commission shall prepare a map indicating thereon the assigned numbers or names for all public thoroughfares within the incorporated area of the city, which numbers or names shall conform to the provisions of this chapter. When the map has been prepared it shall be considered as constituting a proposed specific plan of street naming or numbering and house numbering as provided by state law. The map and notations thereon and accompanying text, if any, shall be processed in the manner prescribed by law for the consideration and adoption of an official plan. The map, when adopted as in this section provided, shall be known as the "Specific Plan of Street Names and Numbers and House Numbers." The map may for convenience be divided into parts individually identified as parts of the map provided for in this section. The parts may be individually and progressively adopted.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983)

A. Numbers Required. Numbers shall be placed on all buildings, currently in place or erected after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, fronting on a street, avenue or alley, as provided by this chapter.

B. Style of Number. The numbers shall be clear, legible, and at least three inches in height, and so placed upon the building as to designate the front entrance of the building. A like number shall be placed on the rear of the house so the same can be easily read from the alley. The numbers shall be in a conspicuous place and not obscured so that the same can be read easily from the center of the street in the daytime.

C. System of Numbering. The decimal system of numbering is adopted, and one hundred numbers shall be assigned to each block. The odd numbers shall be assigned to the north side of the avenues and to the east side of the streets. The even numbers shall be assigned to the south side of the avenues and to the west side of the streets. As nearly as practicable, two numbers shall be assigned to each twenty-five feet of frontage and one-half numbers assigned for second-story units.

D. Numbering Streets. For the purpose of numbering the lots or buildings on all streets running north and south, Pine Street shall be used as a base. Beginning with number 101 on the northeast corner of all blocks on the north side of Pine Street, numbering to the north, the odd numbers shall be on the east side and the even numbers on the west side of all such streets. The numbers shall continue consecutively until another avenue is reached, when the numbering shall again commence with the next hundred and one. The numbering shall continue for the entire length of each street except as provided in subsection F of this section.

Beginning with number 101 on the southeast corner of all blocks on the south side of Pine Street, numbering to the south, the odd numbers shall be on the east side and the even numbers on the west side of all such streets. The numbers shall continue consecutively until another avenue is reached, when the numbers shall again commence with the next hundred and one. The numbering shall thus continue for the entire length of each street except as provided in subsection F of this section.

E. Numbering Avenues. For the purpose of numbering the lots or buildings on all avenues running east and west, "F" Street shall be used as a base. Beginning with number 101 on the northwest corner of all blocks lying west of "F" Street, numbering to the west, the odd numbers shall be on the north side and the even numbers on the south side of all such streets. The numbers shall continue consecutively until another street is reached, when the numbering shall commence with the next hundred and one. The numbering shall thus continue for the entire length of each street west, except as provided in subsection F of this section.

Beginning with number 101 on the northeast corner of all blocks lying east of "F" Street, numbering to the east, the odd numbers shall be on the north side and the even numbers on the south side of all such avenues. The numbers shall continue consecutively until another street is reached, when the numbering shall commence with the next hundred and one. The numbering shall thus continue for the entire length of each street east, except as provided in subsection F of this section.

F. Where there is no intersecting street and the block is odd-sized, another one hundred numbers shall be assigned to correspond with the numbers in the standard-sized block in the area insofar as it may be practicable.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983; Ord. 570 §4, 1998)

No building permit shall be issued until a street number assignment has been made. All numbers shall be issued through the office of the city clerk. The installation of the house numbering system established by this chapter shall be accomplished progressively and in such manner as the planning commission shall from time to time direct.

(Ord. 466 §1(part), 1983)

House numbers conforming to the provisions of this chapter shall be assigned by written notice and in such form as shall be directed by the planning commission. Complete and accurate records of numbers issued and assigned shall be kept in map form and such other forms as the planning commission directs. House numbers shall be assigned to all the existing structures (dwellings or places of business) and, within thirty days of notification of the assigned house numbers, the numbers shall be posted on the existing structures.

(Ord. 466 §1 (part), 1983)

If the owner or lessee of any building fails, refuses, or neglects to place the number, or replace it when necessary, the city may cause a notice to be served personally on such owner or occupant, or mailed by registered or certified mail to his last known address, ordering him to place or replace the number. The owner or occupant shall comply with such notice within ten days from the date of service. On failure to comply with the notice, he is guilty of a violation of this chapter and subject to the penalty provided in Section 15.48.090.

(Ord. 466 §1 (part), 1983)

A. After the provisions of this chapter become applicable to any area in the city, every person owning, controlling or occupying any house, store, storeroom or building required by this chapter to be numbered, who fails, neglects or refuses to procure, place, attach or maintain numbers on such premises and remove all numbers as provided in this chapter, or who fails to place, attach or maintain the appropriate numbers on any new or altered structures within thirty days after the completion or occupancy of such structure, whichever comes first, is guilty of an infraction.

B. Pursuant to Government Code Section 25132, every person convicted of an infraction shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and for a second conviction of the same provision within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, and for a third or any subsequent conviction of the same provision within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars. For purposes of this subsection, a bail forfeiture is a conviction of the offense charge. Each day during which a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.

(Ord. 466 §1 (part), 1983)