All owners of buildings or their agents in the city are hereby required to number or cause to be numbered their buildings respectively owned or occupied by them and if at any time hereafter any new building shall be erected on the streets of the city, the owner or his or her agent shall, within 30 days from the completion of the building, number the same as hereinafter provided.

(Code 1959, 5-601)

All buildings fronting on the public streets of the city shall be numbered in conformity with the following provisions:

(a)   Odd numbers shall be given to all buildings on the south and west sides of the streets and avenues, and even numbers to those on the north and east sides of the same. A number shall be given to each 25 feet of frontage.

(b)   On streets running north and south, the numbering shall commence. with number 101 for the first lots north and south of Main Street on the west side of the street and with number 102 for the first lots north and south of Main Street on the east side of the street. Each block north or south of Main Street shall commence with one and two added to 100 for each block north or south of the street as the case may be.

(c)   On streets running east and west, the numbering shall commence with 101 for the first lots east and west of First Street on the south side of the street and with number 102 for the first lots east and west of First Street on the north side of the street. Each block east or west of First Street shall commence with one and two added to 100 for each block east or west of the street as the case may be.

(Code 1959, 5-602)

In case any building be situated on ground to which more than one number shall be given, such building shall take that number belonging to the greatest portion of the ground occupied by the building.

(Code 1959, 5-603)

The city clerk is hereby authorized to establish such exceptions to the numbering system described in this article as may be made necessary by the irregular routing of any street or avenue of the city.

(Code 1959, 5-604)