[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Walnutport 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 87-9 (Ch. 4, Part 10, of the
1983 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The houses, stores and other buildings being or fronting on
any of the public streets or alleys of the Borough shall be numbered
in the manner hereinafter provided, and the owner or owners thereof
shall be required to place numbers plainly faced upon the front of
any such house, store or other building. The numbers shall be plain
and distinct and shall be of figures at least three inches in height,
to be securely fastened to the door frame or on the transoms over
the door or on the front of the building in such a manner as to be
easily seen from the adjoining public street or alley.
In the event that any home, store or other building has not
been designated or assigned a street or alley number as of the date
of this chapter, official building number designations shall be obtained
form the Borough Secretary.
All numbering of houses, stores, and other buildings in the
Borough of Walnutport, Pennsylvania, shall be done in accordance with
the numbers designated or assigned as of the date of this chapter,
or subsequently assigned or designated by the Borough Secretary.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by fine of
not less than $100 not more than $1,000, plus cost of prosecution.
In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
