For purposes of this chapter the Pacific Highway and the Northern Pacific Railway shall be deemed the dividing line between the east and west parts of the city, and Elm Street and Elm Street extended west shall be the dividing line between the north and south parts of the city, thus creating four geographical areas, that is, the northwest, the north, the south and the southwest; and appropriate abbreviations of the same, that is, N.W. for northwest, N. for north, etcetera, shall be used after each address number to assist in indicating its location, as 197 Kingwood Street N.W. All house numbering shall comply with the general rule of even numbers on the north and east side of the street and odd or uneven numbers on the south and west side of the street. House numbering on streets running easterly from the Pacific Highway shall begin at the east side of the highway with 50 and run to 99 at First Street N. or S.; then easterly from First to Second using the numbers 101 to 199, or 100 numbers to each block and skipping about eight numbers between each possible house number, thus the numbers on the north side of a street between First and Second Streets would be 108, 116, 124, 132----180, 188, 196 and on the south side the numbering would be 109, 117, 125, 133----181, 189, 197. This method allows one number for each twenty-five feet of lot or street frontage and the skipped numbers may be used where there is more than one occupancy in a twenty-five foot space. The number of skipped numbers will vary with the length of the block, the longer the block the fewer the numbers skipped and the shorter the block the more numbers skipped. The streets west of the railroad will be called First Street N.W., Second Street N.W., Kingwood Street N.W., First Street S.W., Linden Street N.W. and so on, with the numbers running from east to west on the named streets. The numbers on the named streets east of the Pacific Highway will run from west to east. The numbering on the north-south streets north of Elm Street or Elm Street extended west, will run from Elm Street to the north, and from Elm Street to the south, both east and west of the highway and railroad. (Ord. 846 (part), 1993; Ord. 447 § 1, 1958).

All east-west streets shall be designated by names in alphabetical order and such names shall be confined as far as possible to the names of trees or plants, and such names shall begin with the street at the south edge of the present city limits and run north. If and when streets are needed on the west side of the railroad they shall be extensions of the streets on the east side of said railroad, except that to the name of any such street shall be added the abbreviation to indicate its location, as Ivy Street N.W., etc. All north-south streets shall be numbered streets, beginning as at present with First Street which is the first street east of the Pacific Highway, then Second Street, and so on. Where the joining of streets in one addition with those of another addition result in more streets than there are on the basic addition, then the extra streets may be called places, with a designation to denote their place in the system, as a street east of Second Street lying between Second and Third Streets shall be named Second Place, that is, Second Place should be east of Second Street, Third Place east of Third Street, in this case the house numbers should be arranged so that one hundred numbers only are used between Second and Third Streets, thus all, and also only, the “200” numbers will be found between Second Street and Third Street even though Second Place intervenes. (Ord. 447 § 2, 1958).

A street which follows a convenient topography and does not conform to any map or plan shall be called a drive, adding, if possible, a word which would indicate its location (e.g. South Military Drive). In case it is necessary to have a street between two regularly named east-west streets, its name should have as its first syllable the name of the regularly named street on the south as a part of its name, for example, any streets between Ash and Birch Streets should be named Ashdale, Ashland, or Ashville, thus preserving the alphabetical and positional arrangement. (Ord. 846 (part), 1993; Ord. 447 § 3, 1958).

In accordance with the foregoing, the name of Columbia Street shall be changed to Locust Street N.W., in deference to its location between Linden and Maple Streets; the north-south street beginning at Date Street S.E. in the middle of Block Three, Cannon’s First Addition, running south near the Old Pacific Highway to the south city limits, shall be called First Place S.; Cannon Street in Cannon’s First Addition shall become a part of Second Street S.; Washington Street in Imus Second and Third Additions and Sullivan Street in Cannon’s Second Addition shall be changed to Second Place N. and S. respectively; Harrison Street in Imus Second and Third Additions, and Chapman Street of Court House Addition shall be changed to Third Street N. and S. respectively; Fallert Street in Imus Second and Third Additions, and Imus Street in Imus Addition, and Hunt Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Third Place N. and S. respectively; First Street in Northern Pacific Addition and Lamb Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Fourth Street N.E. and S.E. respectively; Second Street in Northern Pacific Addition shall be changed to Fourth Place N.; Third Street in Northern Pacific Addition and Spur Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Fifth Street N. and S. respectively; Fourth Street in Northern Pacific Addition shall be changed to Fifth Place N.; Kalama Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Sixth Street S.; Tacoma Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Seventh Street S.; Seattle Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Eighth Street S.; Whatcom Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Ninth Street S.; Spokane Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Tenth Street S.; Pasco Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Eleventh Street S.; Field Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Twelfth Street S.; New York Street and Olympia Street shall be changed to Ash Street S.; River Drive in Riverview Park Addition shall be changed to Ashland Street S.; the east-west portion of the Old Pacific Highway, Chicago Street in Cannon’s Second Addition and Main Street of Court House Addition shall be changed to Cedar Street S.; Church Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Date Street S.; Commercial Street in Court House Addition shall be changed to Birch Street S.; the east-west street between Washington and Fourth Streets shall be a part of Holly Street N.; Evergreen Street in Imus Second Addition and Dunkel Avenue in Northern Pacific Addition shall be changed to Ivy Street N.; Clark Street in Imus Second and Third Additions and Kleeb Avenue in Northern Pacific Addition shall be changed to Juniper Street N.; Barlow Avenue in Northern Pacific Addition shall be changed to Kingwood Street N.; Hyack Street in Parker’s Addition shall be changed to Hendrickson Drive; Alki Street in Parker’s Addition shall be changed to Second Street N.W.; Alta Street and Watson Street in Parker’s Addition shall be changed to Third Street N.W.; Park Drive or Parkland Addition shall be changed to Park Drive S.; River Street and the alley immediately east of the Pacific Highway shall be considered as an integral part of and known as the Pacific Highway; and the Old Pacific Highway from Kingwood Street to the north city limits shall be known as N. Meeker Drive; and the Cloverdale Road shall be now known as S. Military Drive. (Ord. 846 (part), 1993; Res. 194, 1981; Ord. 447 § 4, 1958).

Any person desiring to put house numbers on his property shall, in order to insure compliance with this chapter, use only the numbers designated by the city clerk-treasurer. (Ord. 447 § 5, 1958).