Carmel-by-the-Sea posts draft address renumbering map; open house set for Jan. 23

City officials on Friday released a draft address renumbering map and asked residents to review the online GIS version and attend an open house on Jan. 23 to check for errors that could affect emergency response.

The presiding official said the city is asking residents to "look at the scheme, look how it is, make sure that there's not some error" and emphasized the review is about addressing technical errors—such as the direction a door faces that affects numbering—rather than changing someone's house number for preference. "The ask is not whether or not you like your number," the official said.

The draft map is posted on the city's website and QR codes are available at City Hall to let residents pull up their location on a phone. The city credited Evan in the planning department for help building the GIS map and identified a TAG group—including Councilmember Delves, Emily, Nancy Toomey and Kevin Roose—that will host the open-house review session in Council Chambers on Jan. 23 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.; the city said the session will also appear in the Friday letter.

Officials said the renumbering effort will alter an addressing scheme that has been in place for more than 100 years and said the change is intended to improve public-safety navigation. Residents with questions or who want to provide feedback were urged to attend the scheduled open house or use the online map to submit corrections.

The city will post final participation details and any updates on the official website and in the next Friday letter.