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3216ORDINANCE NO. 3216 .. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 15.08 AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 15.08 RELATING TO STREET NAMING AND PREMISE NUMBERING. FOLLOWS: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS SECTION 1. That Title 15, Chapter 15.08 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is, hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That a new Title 15, Chapter 15.08 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same is, hereby added to read as follows: "CHAPTER 15.08 STREET NAMING AND PREMISE NUMBERING. "SECTION 15.08.010 PURPOSE AND INTENT. This chapter is hereby established for regulating and controlling the naming of streets ment of premise numbers in the City of Anaheim. of this chapter to establish a coordinated system numbering, establish an official system of street methods for instituting said systems, and provide ment thereof. In order to facilitate the correct the purpose of and the assign - It is the intent of premise naming, provide for the enforce - naming bering, said system is shown on the official maps known Section Maps, hereinafter referred to as the. Address and Name Master Plan." "SECTION 15.08.020 DEFINITIONS. and pum- as Quarter Street The following words or phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless, where used, the context shall clearly indicate to the contrary: .01 Address and Street Name Master Plan. The 'Address and Street Name Master Plan shall be that series of maps, known as Quarter Section Maps, which specify all street names in the City of Anaheim. Furthermore, the 'Address and Street Name Master Plan' shall indicate the street numbering grid which will be used to allocate street number series to all streets and street segments and to assign numbers to all premises hereafter constructed or otherwise established. Said maps shall be on file in the office of the City Engineer. .02 Divisional Lines. 'Divisional lines', as used in this chapter and shown in the Address and Street Name Master Plan, shall mean those streets or imaginary lines which establish the base line for premise numbering and the directional designation for streets in the City of Anaheim. The streets which serve as 'divi- sional lines' include the following, and no others; North Anaheim Boulevard northwesterly to La Palma Avenue, North Lemon Street northerly of La Palma Avenue, South Anaheim Boulevard southeasterly -1- to the Anaheim Boulevard-Haster Street overpass of the Santa Ana Freeway, South Haster Street, West Lincoln Avenue, East Lincoln Avenue northeasterly to East Center Street, and East Center Street northeasterly to State College Boulevard. Easterly of State College Boulevard, the north -south 'divisional line' is an imaginary line which runs directly east of the intersection of East Center Street and State College Boulevard. .03 Final Tract Map. A 'final tract map' is defined in the Anaheim Municipal Co e, Section 17.08.105, (Subdivisions), as follows: 'subdivision map prepared by or under the direction of a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California and all applicable codes of the City of Anaheim, which map is designed to be placed on record in the office of the County Recorder' .04 Official Premise Number. 'Official premise numbers' mean those numbers assigned to specific buildings and units by the Chief Building Inspector according to the street number series allocated by the City Engineer to all streets and street segments in the City of Anaheim. .05 Official Street Name. The 'official street name' shall be that name which, with official premise numbers, will be a formal means of identifying the location of buildings and units located adjacent to any avenue, circle, drive, lane, road, street, or other vehicular right-of-way within the City of Anaheim. Such name may include, when said street crosses a divisional line, the designation 'north', 'south', 'east', or 'west', placed in accord- ance with city policy. .06 Parcel Map. 'Parcel map' refers to a map showing a division of land into four parcels or less. .07 Premise. The term 'premise' shall refer to all buildings or unit- hin buildings which require a separate and simple means of identification. .08 Private Drive. A 'private drive' shall mean a right-of-way, privately owned and maintained, which provides pri- mary vehicular access to parcels of land or buildings which would otherwise have no direct access to dedicated public streets. The owner of each property served by a 'private drive' shall, after review and approval by the City Attorney, record a mutual ingress and egress easement to each property served. Said recorded docu- ment shall also contain an agreement providing for the mutual maintenance of said private drive. In order for a 'private drive' to be officially named and numbered, it must satisfy the provi- sions of this chapter. .09 Street. A 'street' is a public or recorded private right-of-way wh'i-c-R aTfords primary means of vehicular access to abutting property. Such a right-of-way may be designated as, but not limited in designation to, one of the following: avenue, circle, drive, lane, road, street, or a foreign derivative thereof. Furthermore, it shall be assumed that all streets shall be offi- cially named and numbered. -2- .10 Tentative Tract Map. A 'tentative tract map' is defined in the Anaheim Municipal Code, Section 17.08.120, (Subdi- visions), as follows: 'subdivision map prepared by or under the direction of a licensed surveyor or a registered civil engineer showing the intended subdivision of a parcel of land, as well as the existing conditions in and around it'." "SECTION 15.08.030 ALLOCATION OF STREET NUMBER SERIES. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer or his desig- nated representative to allocate street number series to all streets and all street segments, now existing or hereafter established in the City of Anaheim, prior to recordation of a final tract map and in accordance with the following criteria: .01 Numbering Grid. For the purpose of facilitating a correct and uniform street numbering system, a numbering grid, as shown on the Address and Street Name Master Plan, shall be kept on file in the office of the City Engineer. .02 Starting Point For Numbering. The starting point for the numbering of premises fronting on streets within the city shall be the divisional line to which such streets run at right angles, or most nearly so. Numbers shall begin at the appropriate divisional line and shall consecutively increase as the distance from the divisional line increases. All premises fronting on streets not extending through to a divisional line shall be assigned the same relative number as if said street had extended through to a divisional line. .03 North - South - East - West. Streets north of the north -south divisional line, as shown on the Address and Street Name Master Plan, and running generally in a northerly direction,, are considered 'north' streets and, likewise, all streets south of that divisional line running generally in a southerly direction are considered 'south' streets. Streets east of the east -west divisional line running generally in an easterly direction are considered 'east' streets and, likewise, all streets west of that divisional line and running generally in a westerly direction are considered 'west' streets. .04 Odd Numbers - Even Numbers. The numbers on the northerly and westerly sides of streets shall be odd numbers, and the numbers on southerly and easterly sides of streets shall be even numbers. The numbering of all buildings and units on diagonal or curving streets shall be determined by the predominant direction of the street." "SECTION 15.08.040 STREET NAMING. New streets shall be named and placed on the official city maps in accordance with the following criteria: .01 Tentative Tracts and Parcel Maps. It shall be the duty of the Director of Development Services Department or his designated representative to approve street names for any streets proposed in conjunction with tentative tract maps or par- cel maps. The developer shall submit to the Development Services Department a list of names for the streets proposed on said maps. -3- The Director of the Development Services Department or his desig- nated representative will review such names and, if it is deter- mined that said names satisfy the provisions of this chapter and do not conflict with the Address and Street Name Master Plan, approve the proposed street names. Furthermore, the Director of the Development Services Department or his designated representa- tive will determine whether the proposed streets shall be desig- nated as, but not limited in designation to, one of the following: avenue, circle, drive, lane, road, street, or a foreign derivation thereof. .02 Final Tract Maps. Every final tract map submitted to the City Council for its approval prior to recordation with the Orange County Recorder's Office shall show the official name of any and all streets as recommended by the Development Services Department. If private streets are shown, the words 'private drive' shall follow the named street and be recorded on any final tract map. Prior to submittal to the City Council, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer or his designated representative to determine whether said final tract map satisfies the provisions of this chapter. .03 Private Street Name Signs. It shall be the respon- sibility of the owner or owners of properties fronting on and utilizing vehicular access from a private street to provide, install, and maintain the street name sign or signs for said pri- vate street. .031 Design, Dimension, and Construction. In order to adequately identify a private street, the street name sign shall meet the criteria of design, dimension and construction governing public street signs except that, to clearly differentiate between public and private street name signs, all private street name signs shall have the background color and the color of the letters and numerals reversed. .032 Approval. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer or his designated representative to approve the installa- tion of private street name signs." "SECTION 15.08.050 ISSUANCE OF PREMISE NUMBERS. It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Inspector or his designated representative to assign the respective numbers for premises in the manner prescribed in this chapter. No building permit shall be issued for any building or structure until the owner has obtained an official number." "SECTION 15.08.060 AFFIXING PREMISE NUMBERS. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to affix the official premise numbers to his buildings or units. Numerals indi- cating the official premise number of each building or each front entrance shall be placed in accordance with city standards as determined by the Chief Building Inspector." "SECTION 15.08.070 EXCEPTIONS. There exist at the present time, and will be established in the future, unique situations which permit street naming and premise numbering not in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. It will be the responsibility of the Chief Building -4- Inspector and the Director of the Development Services Department or their designated representatives to review such unique situa- tions in order to determine whether an exception to the provisions of this chapter can be made. In such cases, the following criteria of street naming and premise numbering shall be adhered to: .01 Residential Com lexes. Residential complexes made up of either single or multiple -family residential structures wherein one or more of those structures do not front on a dedicated public street or an officially named private street may be assigned building numbers in accordance with the nearest and most appro- priate street. The building numbers shall advance sequentially along the primary access right-of-way through the complex. The building numbers shall be consistently either odd or even as pro- vided for in Section 15.08.030.04. .02 Curving And Meandering Streets. If a curving or meandering street runs predominantly in one direction, it may have one name and one sequence of premise numbers. However, a curving or meandering street that is intersected by one or more other streets or that changes direction forty-five (45) degrees or more may be assigned another name, the appropriate directional designa- tion, and the appropriate premise numbers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. .03 Cul -De -Sacs. A cul-de-sac less than one hundred (100) feet in length may have the same name and be numbered in the same numerical sequence as the street which it intersects. .04 Closed Loop Streets. Closed loop streets less than one thousand feet in length with only one point of inter- section with another street may have the same name and numerical sequence throughout. Premise numbering shall be in sequence with even numbers on the outside and odd numbers on the inside. However, open-ended loop streets which intersect another street at more than one point shall not have the same name throughout." "SECTION 15.08.080 ANNEXATIONS. Following the annexation of a parcel of land to the City of Anaheim, it shall be the duty of the Chief Building Inspector or his designated representative to assign the appropriate premise numbers to all buildings and structures within said annexation. He shall, furthermore, notify owners of all such buildings or structures of said change." "SECTION 15.08.090 NONCONFORMING STREET NAMES AND PREMISE NUMBERS. There exist, within the City of Anaheim, street names and premise numbers which do not conform to the provisions of this chapter and the Address and Street Name Master Plan. Such noncon- forming names and numbers may be continued unless specific requests are made by property owners, concerned persons, or city officials to change such names or numbers." "SECTION 15.08.100 PROCEDURE FOR STREET NAME AND PREMISE NUMBER CHANGES. All existing and officially named streets, both public and private, in the City of Anaheim shall continue to bear the -5- designation heretofore existing as shown in the Address and Street Name Master Plan unless a name change is approved by the City Council. Any interested persons, community groups, the Planning Commission, or other city officials may make a recommendation to change the name of an existing street, or to change existing pre- mise numbering. Such a request must be made in written form to the City. Council and must conform to the provisions of this chapter and the Address and Street Name Master Plan of the City of Anaheim. No proposed nonconforming nor conflicting street names and premise numbers will -be considered as proper requests for changes." SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares thatcshou-ld-any-section, paragraph, sentence or word of this chapter of the Code -hereby -adopted be declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have passed all other portions of this chapter independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within fif- teen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in said City, and thirty (30) days from and after its final passage it shall take effect and be in full force. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and signed by me this 9th day of October , 1973. i Y R OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ATTEST: 1 CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM -6- FAL: kw STATE OF CALIFORNIA ). COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, DENE M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3216 was introduced at a regular meeting of the -City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 2nd day of October , 19 73 , and that the same was passu and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day of October 19 73 , by the following vote of tTe^members thereof : AYES: COUNCILMEN: Stephenson, Sneegas, Pebley, Thom and Dutton NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Ordinance on the- 9th day of October , 1973 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the.City of Anaheim, this 9th day of October , 19 73 . CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, DENS M. DAOUST, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 3216 and was published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 19th day of October, 1973. City Clerk