Article VI — NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS

Every person who owns a building and every person who has possession and control of a building shall place or cause to be placed on or near the door or gate used as an entrance to such building, so as to be readily seen from the street, the number of such building as specified in this article.

All entrances from streets to buildings, or to separate apartments in buildings, shall be numbered. It is unlawful for any person to place, maintain or allow to remain on any building or apartment any number other than that required by this article.

(Code 1968, § 27.06.010; Ord. No. 1952, § III, 8-2-93)

The Los Gatos Creek is the starting point for the numbers of all buildings fronting on the streets, beginning thereat, and running east and west. Main Street, Johnson Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue are the starting points for the numbers of all buildings fronting on the streets beginning thereat and running north and south.

Main Street is numbered east and west from the bridge and Santa Cruz Avenue is numbered north and south from Main Street.

On all streets the numbers on the right-hand side, starting from the point of beginning, are even numbers, and the numbers on the left-hand side are odd numbers.

One hundred numbers, or as many thereof as may be necessary, shall be allotted to the property fronting in each block, between two main streets, the number one hundred being the first number on the right-hand side, and the number one hundred and one being the first number on the left-hand side of the second block of all streets. The succeeding hundreds shall be allotted in similar manner consecutively to each succeeding block. When any street fails in its course to traverse certain blocks, one hundred numbers shall be allotted to each block not traversed in the same manner as if the street were continuous. When any street is intersected on its opposite sides by different streets, the hundreds on one side shall be made to correspond as closely as possible to the hundreds on the opposite side by allotting only twenty-five numbers, even or odd as the case may require, to the side on which the blocks are shorter.

One (1) number shall be allowed for each twenty-five (25) feet of the frontage of each block, between two (2) main streets.

(Code 1968, § 27.06.015; Ord. No. 1952, § III, 8-2-93)

All numbers placed upon entrances and buildings pursuant to this article shall be of a different color from the background upon which they are placed, and each figure of such numbers shall be at least two (2) inches in height and of proportionate width. All numbers shall be made of substantial and permanent material and shall be so placed or affixed as not to be easily defaced or removed.

(Code 1968, § 27.06.020; Ord. No. 1952, § III, 8-2-93)

When the chief of police has knowledge of any violation of any of the provisions of this article relating to the numbering of buildings, the chief of police shall give notice thereof to the owner or, if the owner cannot be found, to the occupant of the premises where the violation occurs, and if, after two (2) weeks, the cause of the complaint has not been removed, such person shall be guilty of a violation of this article.

(Code 1968, § 27.06.025; Ord. No. 1952, § III, 8-2-93; Ord. No. 2320, § III, 9-7-21)