Gridley Municipal Code Ch. 12.16 Naming and Numbering System

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for orderly development and eliminate duplication and uncertainty; to enable emergency vehicles to respond timely; to expedite postal and other delivery services; and to conform with Butte County's uniform system of the naming of streets and highways, adopted by Butte County's Ordinance No. 1874 on October 18, 1977.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).

A. The system shall be continued, enforced, operated and maintained within the city by the public works director, referred to in this chapter as address coordinator, and the property numbers assigned within such area shall be in accordance with the system. It shall be the duty of the address coordinator to notify all persons of the street name and number assigned to each location, the requirements of this chapter that the numbers be installed and maintained, and to determine whether the same are installed in such a manner as to be visible from the street in front of each location or from the street or driveway leading to buildings that are removed a substantial distance from the public street or road which the subject site abuts.

B. The address coordinator shall make sure that all new street names avoid duplication and do not sound like existing street or road names in the city and county.

C. The address coordinator shall issue to any building owner or occupant in the city upon request, a number or numbers in accordance with this chapter.

D. The address coordinator shall be responsible for maintaining the numbering and road naming system and shall keep a record of all numbers and names assigned under this chapter. The records shall be open for inspection by the public during regular business hours.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).

A. A street sign, arranged such that the names of the intersecting streets are parallel to the corresponding street and facing the same from the south or east side of the street, shall be provided in accordance with the street sign and location standards on file in the office of the director of public works.

B. Street name signs for existing city streets will be erected and maintained by the department of public works.

C. Street name signs for new city streets established by subdivisions and site improvements shall be supplied and erected, to the city's standards, by the person constructing the subdivision or improvements. The department of public works will maintain the signs thereafter.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).

A. All streets or roads shall be known by the same name for the entire length or as noted or determined by the city council. Sycamore Street runs from State Highway 99 to west city limits.

B. All street names will be reviewed by the address coordinator before being submitted to the city council.

C. When naming or renaming any street, access or easement, the address coordinator will have the right to select a name for the street, access or easement, in conformance with Butte County Ordinance Number 1874.

D. Any new city street may be officially named upon petition to the address coordinator in the form of a map showing, location and alignment of the street to be named. These names will be studied to assure that they do not duplicate or sound like any existing street names in the city or county. If one of these street names does not conflict with any existing street names, this name will be recommended to the city council in the form of a resolution. Upon approval by the city council, thereafter such street shall be officially known by the name so designated.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).

A. All addresses will be assigned or reassigned in accordance with the appropriate area and in normal sequence to its respective block.

B. Mobile home parks, condominiums, shopping centers, or apartment-type developments shall be numbered as follows:

1. The main entrance will be numbered off the main street it enters, unless otherwise directed by the public works director.

2. Street names will not be permitted.

3. Each space or apartment will be assigned an address number, space number, or apartment number by the address coordinator.

4. The owner or developer of this type of development will supply the address coordinator with a small map showing all the spaces or apartments and interior streets to allow numbers to be assigned. Recommended scale of this small map is one inch equals two hundred feet. A copy will then be sent to each emergency agency and post office for their use.

5. At all intersections in this type of development there shall be a sign showing the address number, space or apartment number range ahead on the streets.

(Ord. 521 § 1 (part), 1987).

A. The address coordinator shall give notice to the occupants or owners of buildings which are assigned or reassigned numbers under this system, which notice shall contain the new number or numbers reassigned to a particular building, and the date on which the new number shall be effective.

B. Within sixty days of such effective date of notice of number assigned or reassigned, the occupant(s) or owner(s) of the building shall cause the number to be displayed upon the building or land in such a manner as to be visible from the street or road upon which the land or building fronts, and shall remove or obscure from public view and old or previous number not in accordance with the system.

C. The minimum height of numbers to be used shall be three inches and contrasting color from the basic background. Arabic numerals shall be used except in the instance of multiplex units having a single Arabic numeral but in need of Roman numbers to designate particular units.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).

A. Except for the following streets and highways as listed below, the present block system for numbering streets that exist within the city limits shall remain. Newly annexed areas shall conform, as will all structures fronting upon city-maintained streets that lie within the county island areas of the city, to the city block numbering system.

1. State Highway 99, East Gridley Road, West Biggs- Gridley Road, Bonnell Avenue, Obermeyer Avenue and Archer Avenue shall be readdressed by the county of Butte's method of numbering streets. Every one thousand three hundred twenty feet shall be allotted one hundred numbers.

2. State Highway 99 will begin with "0" at the south county line and increase in number therefrom. East Gridley Road numbering will begin with "0" at State Highway 99 and increase easterly in number therefrom. The West Biggs-Gridley Road numbering system will begin with City block number 1600, at its intersection with Sycamore Street, and increase in number, in a northerly direction, therefrom.

3. Obermeyer Avenue and Archer Avenue numbering will begin as "0" at State Highway 99 and increase easterly therefrom.

4 Bonnell Avenue will begin at 1450 and increase northerly therefrom.

B. The even numbers will always be on the right-hand side in all directions, on all streets, when looking toward the higher numbers.

C. The city shall furnish all street signs to be erected under this chapter. All house numbers and commercial or industrial property numbers shall be provided and placed on the real property at the expense of the owner(s). Failure to do so shall be an infraction and will be punishable as such.

(Ord. 521 § 1(part), 1987).