South Pasadena Municipal Code Art. IV House Numbering

Every building having a frontage on any street, avenue, lane, place or drive within the corporate limits of the city shall be numbered by the owner, agent or occupant thereof as provided in this article within thirty days after the erection of such building. (Ord. No. 194, §§ 1, 4.)

Meridian Avenue shall be the base line for numbering all east and west streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives and El Centro Street shall form the base line for numbering all north and south streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives. All streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives not opened through to the base line shall be numbered in the same manner as if extended. For the purpose of numbering, the building shall be counted from the base line and each block allowed one hundred numbers, and each block shall carry a new hundred. Meridian Avenue shall be considered Tenth Street for numbering east and west streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives and El Centro Street shall be considered Tenth Street for numbering north and south streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives. Thus, the first blocks east of Meridian Avenue shall carry numbers between 1000 and 1100 and the first blocks west of Meridian Avenue shall carry numbers between 1000 and 900, numbers on east and west streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives to read up going east and down going west from Meridian Avenue. The first blocks north of El Centro Street shall carry numbers between 1000 and 900 and the first blocks south of El Centro Street shall carry numbers between 1000 and 1100, numbers on streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives running north and south shall read down going north and up going south from El Centro Street.

Odd numbers shall be assigned to the west and south sides of all streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives and even numbers shall be assigned to the east and north sides of all streets, avenues, lanes, places and drives. In all blocks, one number shall be allowed to each twenty-five feet of frontage, unless the block is too long for one hundred numbers, in which case one number may be allotted to each fifty feet of frontage. Whenever, in the space allowed as aforesaid to a number, there is a hallway or tenement fronting on a street, avenue, lane, place or drive, each hallway or tenement shall be given an additional half number. (Ord. No. 194, § 2; Ord. No. 1983, § 78.)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, on Monterey Road the “100” block of numbers shall start at the east line of Oak Hill Avenue and continue easterly, one number to each twenty-five feet to the east line of Lot 77 of Lincoln Park Tract, as such Tract is recorded in Book 6, page 358, Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County, and the “200” block of numbers on such street shall start at the east line of Lot 77 and continue easterly, one number to each twenty-five feet to Lincoln Park Place. On Pasadena Avenue, the “100” block of numbers shall start at the east line of Sycamore Avenue and continue easterly, one number to each twentyfive feet, to a point at a right angle to the east line of Arroyo Drive, and the “200” block shall start at the above-mentioned point and continue, one number to each twenty-five feet, to a point opposite the center line of Lincoln Park Place, and the “300” block of numbers shall start at the northerly line of Hawthorne Street and extend to the south line of Mission Street, one number to each twenty-five feet. On Arroyo Drive, the “900” block of numbers shall start at the south line of Mission Street and extend southerly one number to each twenty-five feet, to a point halfway between Mission Street and Pasadena Avenue, and the “1000” block of numbers shall start at such point and extend to Pasadena Avenue, one number to each twenty-five feet.

For a more complete description of the numbers adopted by this section, reference is hereby made to a map on file in the office of the city manager, numbered L-7-13, designated “Map Showing the Re-Numbering of Arroyo Drive, Monterey Road and Pasadena Avenue.”

The City engineer shall make and keep, in a book for that purpose, a map showing the numbers for each twenty-five feet of property, as specified by this section. (Ord. No. 619, §§ 1, 3.)

It shall be the duty of the city engineer to assign to the owner, agent or occupant of any building the proper number thereof, determined in accordance with the provisions of this article, upon application made to him or her for such number. (Ord. No. 194, § 4; Ord. No. 1983, § 78.)

The number of each building shall be placed or marked conspicuously on, over or near the front door of the building and shall be so placed or marked that it can be easily seen and read. (Ord. No. 194, § 3.)

The figures of each building number shall not be less than two inches in height. (Ord. No. 194, § 3.)

By the term “block,” as used in this article, is meant all that space within two cross streets, avenues, lanes, places or drives. (Ord. No. 194, § 5.)