Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 18.11 Building Address and Number

The Building Official is authorized and instructed to install a system of addresses and numbers for buildings in the City.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

Ocean Boulevard is determined to be the baseline for building addresses and building numbers on all intersecting highways shall commence with numbers one and two at the baseline and continue northerly and southerly, respectively, to the termini of such highways, or to the City limits, allowing as near as practicable one hundred (100) numbers to each block.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

The meridian line for building addresses shall be a line running from the Pacific Ocean along the centerline of Pine Avenue to the centerline of Country Club Drive; thence in a direct line to a point in the centerline of Long Beach Boulevard two hundred feet (200′) southerly of Forty-Eighth Street: and thence along the centerline of Long Beach Boulevard to the northerly City limits. Building numbers on all intersecting highways shall commence with the numbers one hundred (100) and one hundred one (101) at the meridian line and continue easterly and westerly, respectively, to the termini of such highway or to the City limits allowing as near as practicable one hundred (100) numbers to the block.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

Odd building numbers shall be used on the northerly and westerly sides, and even building numbers on the southerly and easterly sides of all highways. Where practicable, twelve and one-half feet (12½′) of street frontage shall be allowed for each building number. Where necessary, fractional numbers may be used. Where building addresses are required for rear designations, the building number in front thereof shall be used with letter suffixes. All highways not intersecting a base or meridian line shall be numbered in accordance with the numbering of highways parallel thereto. In any special case, such as a curved street or street not parallel either to the base line or meridian, the system may be modified in such a manner as, in the opinion of the Building Official, will best fit the conditions of such special case.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

The Building Official shall notify the owner or person in control of every building in the City not having a building numbered in accordance with this chapter designated for the principal entrance or entrances thereto; and the owner or person in control of the building shall, within five (5) days after such notice, place, or cause to be placed, the building number or numbers so designated in Arabic digits, each of which shall be not less than three inches (3") in height, upon the door header, doorjamb, porch post, front steps or other place near the designated entrance or entrances to the building in plain view from the highway in front thereof.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

The Building Official shall have the authority to change addresses of existing buildings if:

A. The change of building address is necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter; or

B. The change of building address requested by the owner of a building shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in the schedule of fees and charges established by City Council resolution.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)

The Director, upon receipt of a written request for a variance from the building address and number requirements of this chapter, may grant such variance with respect to unique projects or projects of community-wide significance and magnitude.

(ORD-25-0019 § 1(Exh. A), 2025; ORD-22-0033 § 1(Exh. A), 2022; ORD-19-0031 § 1(Exh. A), 2019)