Santa Ana Municipal Code § 33-1 Building numbering—Required

Every person having, controlling or occupying any house, store, storeroom, building or structure, situated upon premises fronting any of the streets within the city, shall procure and place in a conspicuous position immediately over, upon or adjacent to every door or entryway to any of said premises from such streets, a suitable metallic plate with conspicuous figures and numbers of the denominations hereinafter stated.

(Code 1952, § 8500)

(a) Street apportioned. There is apportioned to each twenty-five feet (25′) and separate fractional part thereof of frontage on each street in the city, its certain number as prescribed in this section.

(b) Starting point, streets crossing Main. All premises fronting on streets intersecting Main Street shall be numbered from Main Street and east and west thereof, and the even numbers shall be placed on the south side of each street and the odd numbers shall be placed on the north side of each street.

(c) Starting point, streets crossing First. All premises fronting on streets intersecting First Street shall be numbered from said First Street and north and south thereof, and the even numbers shall be placed on the west side of each street and the odd numbers shall be placed on the east side of each street.

Cross reference— Special tax financing improvement code, Ch. 20

(d) Starting point, street not crossing Main or First. All premises fronting on any street not intersecting either First Street or Main Street, shall be numbered from their ends nearest to Main Street, and First Street respectively.

(e) Numbers per block. In all numbering each block shall be estimated as containing one hundred numbers but the numbers on each block fronting on said Main and First Streets shall be commenced with the number one hundred.

(f) Fractional numbers. If more than one door or entryway to any premises required to be numbered exists, it shall be numbered by adding its proper fractional number to its appropriate number.

(g) Vacant premises. This section shall not be construed to require the numbering of any premises whereon no building shall or does exist, but shall be construed to require the numberings of all entryways to all premises whereon any house or other structure to be occupied by human beings as a residence or place of business exists.

(Code 1952, §§ 8501, 8502, 8502.1, 8502.2, 8503, 8504)

The planning director shall notify from time to time the owners or occupants of all new structures and other buildings and structures, that may be without numbers from any cause, to comply with the provisions of sections 33-1 and 33-2 and to enforce the same.

(Code 1952, § 8505)

The planning director or clerk shall notify the owners or occupants of all structures and buildings which shall be found to be improperly numbered to number the same in accordance with the provisions of sections 33-1 and 33-2.

(Code 1952, § 8506)

Requests for the naming or renaming of streets, public buildings, parks or recreational facilities owned or controlled by the city, except proposals initiated by the city council or the planning commission, shall be submitted in writing to the director of planning and development services.

(Ord. No. NS-1683, § 1, 6-20-83)

All requests for the naming or renaming of any public street, public building, park or recreational facility shall be referred to the planning commission for determination. The planning commission may approve the name proposed, approve it with modifications or approve a different name. In reaching its decision the planning commission shall give consideration to the following policy guidelines:

(a) Any street which is a continuation of, or approximately the continuation of, any existing street should be given the same name as the already existing street, in the absence of other overriding considerations.

(b) Streets and other public facilities should not be given names which would cause confusion with other streets or public facilities.

(c) Names which achieve any of the following purposes should be promoted:

(1) A name which serves to identify the location of the subject by reference to distinct geographic, environmental or development features in the immediate area.

(2) A name which references the history of the subject site or its immediate area.

(3) A name which identifies a person or family which made an extraordinary donation of land or funds to promote the construction or improvement of the subject public facility.

(4) A name which recognizes a person or family who made a distinct, significant contribution to the well-being of the city, including past mayors, council members, board or commission members, officers or employees of the city, but not anyone who currently holds any such position.

(Ord. No. NS-1683, § 2, 6-20-83)

(a) Prior to any change of name of an existing street, if the renaming would change the street address of one or more occupants of abutting property, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed street renaming. The director of planning and development services shall endeavor to mail or deliver written notice of the proposed renaming to all such affected occupants at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, but the failure of any such affected occupant to receive such notice shall not invalidate any determination to change the name of the street made pursuant to this article.

(b) In cases other than those governed by subsection (a), the director of planning and development services, the planning commission, or the city council may set a public hearing on any request for the naming or renaming of any street or other facility, subject to such notice as they deem appropriate.

(Ord. No. NS-1683, § 3, 6-20-83)

(a) Following the decision of the planning commission under section 33-6, the director of planning and development services shall prepare a report of the commission's action, summarizing the public input, if any, and the reasons for the commission's decision. Such report shall be submitted to the city council at its first regular meeting occurring at least ten (10) days after the commission's action. The city council may affirm the commission's decision, remand the matter back to the planning commission for further consideration, or make its own decision on the matter.

(b) Any person who desires to express opposition to the planning commission's decision may address the council prior to the council's action under this section or may submit such opposition in writing prior to such time. The director of planning and development services shall provide notification of the date and approximate time of the council's action to any person who requests such notification.

(Ord. No. NS-1683, § 4, 6-20-83)

(a) The executive director of the public services agency is authorized to provide for the installation in the public right-of-way of signs which provide motorists with direction to places of public assembly, including but not limited to churches and other privately owned or operated places of public assembly, subject to the following conditions:

(1) The sign shall be installed by city personnel.

(2) All costs of construction, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, relocation, and removal of the sign shall be borne by the organization which owns or operates the facility to which the sign pertains.

(3) The sign shall be so located as to avoid any interference with vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the creation of any traffic hazard.

(4) Sign installation shall be limited to arterial streets.

(5) No more than two (2) signs shall be installed for any single place of public assembly, and no more than one (1) sign for any single such place of public assembly shall be installed on any single street.

(6) The place of public assembly to which the sign pertains shall be classified as Group A with an occupancy load of at least fifty (50) persons under the Building Code of the City of Santa Ana.

(7) The sign shall comply with the regulations issued by the executive director of the public services agency pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The executive director of the public services agency is further authorized to:

(1) Issue regulations governing the size, shape, color, materials and location of signs to be installed pursuant to this section and the procedures for applications for such signs.

(2) Relocate any sign as necessary to accommodate the public use of the public right-of-way.

(3) Remove any sign which no longer serves the purpose for which it was installed or upon the failure of the responsible organization to pay amounts due to the city pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Each application for a sign pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. NS-1805, § 1, 11-4-85)