HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 04-87 St Address NumberORDINANCE NO. 4 - 87
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING A STREET ADDRESS NUMBERING SYSTEM
The City Council of the City of Dub'lin, does ordain as follows:
SectiOn 1: Chapter 4, of Title 5 of the Alameda County
Ordinance Code'as adopted by the City of Dublin is hereby repealed.
Section 2: Numbering.System Adopted
The Alameda County Property Numbering System adopted by
Alameda County Ordinance No. 288 N.S. is hereby adopted as the grid
system for assigning addresses. A map of said grid system is
attached herewith and is a part of this ordinance.
Section 3: Assignment of Numbers
The grid system shall be the basis for assigning numbers.
However, minor deviations from the grid system may be made in order
that lots within a given block may be in the same hundred block.
Where streets change direction numbers may be assigned in a manner
that is consistant with public convenience. Where streets form
circles the lots may be numbered consecutively around the circle.
Section 4: Names of Streets
The following guideline shall be used in naming streets:
(a) All streets, roads and ways running generally
northerly and southerly to be know as "streets" or "roads",
(b) All streets, roads and ways running generally
easterly and westerly shall be known as "avenues" or "ways",
(c) All streets, roads and ways running in a
variable curving or winding direction shall be known as
"drives" or "lanes",
(d) All cul-de-sac or dead ends not a continuation
of any of the above shall be known as "courts" or "Places'',
(e) Major arterial routes through the city shall be
known as "boulevards", "parkways", "freeways", or "through-
ways",
Section 5: Display of Numbers.
All new house numbers for residential buildings shall be
internally lighted and shall be continuously lit from sunset to
sunrise. The numbers shall be posted on the front of the building
near the front or main entrances. The numbers shall be a minimum
of 2~ inches high and the numbers and background shall have
contrasting colors.
All non-residential, buildings shall display numbers near the
front or main entrance. The numbers shall be a minimum of 5~
inches high and the numbers and background shall have contrasting
colors. Where non-residential buildings have more than one
address, and there is a rear exit for the particular address, the
numbers shall be posted on the rear door also.
Section 6: Application to Existing Buildings
Whenever the numbers are not displayed on existing non-
residential buildings as required in Section 5, the owner or
occupant of the existing building shall after l0 days written
notice install numbers and names as indicated in the notice. Any
person, firm or corporation failing to install numbers and names as
required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 7: Enforcement
Th~ s Ordinance shal 1 be enforced b_v the Ci '
ty Maria er or h~s
ORDINANCE
The C~ty Clerk of the C~ty of Dublin shall cause this
ordinance to be posted ~n at least three (3) public places in the
City of Dublin in accordance with
Section
36933
of
the
Government
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DUBLIN ON THIS 3.2 TH DAY OF January 1987.
AYES:
NOES:
C~uncilmembers Hegarty, Moffatt, Snyder,
Vonheeder and Mayor Jeffery
None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk