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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinance 24ORDINANCE No. 24. An Ordinance providing for the method of numbering buildings on .the streete and avenues in the City of Beaumont. The Board of Trustees of 'the City of Beaumont do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. All buildings having a frontage on any street or avenue in the City of Beaumont shall be number- ed by the owner, agent or occupant thereof as hereinafter provided, to -wit: California Avenue shall form the base line for numbering all east and west streets and avenues and the southern city limit shall be the base for all streets running north and south. Odd numbers shall be assigned to the south side of the streets and west side of the avenues, and all numbers shall alternate in reguar numerical or- der. In all blocks twenty five feet shall be allowed to each number. SECTION 2. For the purpose of num- , bering on streets or avenues, the build- ings shall be counted from the base lines; thus streets running east or west of California Avenue shall be designated as East or West and north and south streets and avenues shall be numbered running north. The first number allotted in each first block shall be 101 and the first number in the second block shall be 201 and the first number in each succeeding block shall commence with a new hundred. The number of each building shall be placed on or over the front door and so placed as to be easily read. SECTION 3. A'l buildings now erect- ed shall be numbered in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance by January 1, 1914. All buildings here- after erected shall be numbered within 30 days of the time of their comple- tion. The owner, agent or occupant of any such building shall ascertain the proper number from the Superin- tendent of Streets of said City. SECTIox 4. Every violation of this ordinance shall constitute a misde- meanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed ten dollars. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be published once in the Beaumont Leader and shall take effect at the time above stated. Introduced by R. E. Williams. Passed August 8, 1913. J. J. McCoy, President of the Board. Ayes: Lee, McCoy, Thompson, Tillery, Williams. Noes: None. Absent: None. Attest: W. W. WATSON, City Clerk: