The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-09
ORDNANCE NO. l26,

Providing for the Numbering OF Houses
in The City Of billings, and Prescribing
Penalties for Failure to Comply with Its
Provisions,
Be It Ordained By tho City Council of
the City Of Billings;
Section /, All houses fronting on
public streets, avenues and highways in
the city of Billings, shall be numbered
IN conformity with tho provisions of
this ordinance.
Section 2. One hundred numbers
shall DO allotted each block or space be.
tween two streets or avenues, the odd
numbers being given to the houses on
the east and north sides Of the streets
and avenues, and the even numbers 70
those on the west and south sides Of the
same, one number being allowed for
each twenty five feet of ground in each
such block or space between streets or
avenues; and all numbers not required
after making this allowance for each
block shall DO discarded.
Section 3. On all streets and we
nues the numbers shall commence and
run ~ provided IN this section.
First, Oh all streets running north.
wardly from the Northern Pacific right.
of.way Except az hereinafter provided
for the West Side Addition) the num-
bering shall commence with number
az the first number north from Montana
avenue. and on those streets running
southwaldly from said right-of.way,
tha ,vqS,hartnu oha1 nnSnvS,aVpa xutth
number AZ the first number south
from Minnesota avenue, and shall run
north from said Montana avenue, and
south from said Minnesota avenue, in
oreasiug Que hundred numbers, for each
block or space between two avenues
and to distinguish such numbers the
streets on tho north side of Montana
avenue shall be designated thus: North
Twenty seventh street, North Twenty.
eighth street, and the streets south Of
Minnesota avenue shall be designated
thus: South Twenty -seventh street, or
South Twenty eighth street, and the
same with all other streets running at
right angles with Montana and Mime.
sofa avenues.
Second, On all avenues running east
erly or westerly In said city, the num-
hers shall commence AT each street in
torsacting the same, with the number
Of said interseoting street AZ the hund'
red number, and run westerly, inoreas-
ing Que hundred numbers tor each
block or space between two streets, |
thus: The first number west OF TWEEN
ty seventh street would be 270l Mon
tana avenue or a7Ol Minnesota avenue,
or a70l First, Second or Third avenue
north or south, AZ tho case might be,
and tho tlIt numbers west of Twenty.
eighth street would be 1901 on each
avenue. and 10 OF with each avenue,
Third, On all streets in the West Side
Addition, numbering shall commence
on tho streets running north and south
at tho north line Of Broadwater avenue,
with number |, and run north in0reas.
ing one hundred numbers for each
block or space between two avenues;
and on tho avenues running east and
west the numbering shall commence at
the west line Of Division Street. with
number ! OH each Q and run west
increasing one hundred numbers for
block az space between two Streets,
thus; The first numhe west of Divi'
sion Street on Rr0adWater avenue will
be number /, Rr0adwateI avenue, and
the first number north of Broadwater
avenue on First Street will be number
|, First Street West, and the first num-
her north Of Wyoming avenue on First
Street West will be l0l First Street
West, and 80 on,
seGti0u 4, The street commissioner
shall Designate the numbers Of all
houses In conformity with the pseced-
Ing provisions, aud shall furnish the
nwnar Of each house now or hereafter
built with its proper numbes as O o AZ
completed, AT any time after the ex'
piration OF three months from the ap'
pIaval Of this ordinance, II any house
ID not correctly numbered, or not nun,
neIad Mt all tho stEaet commissioners
hall nina tho axunav nv oaAnnaut nj