[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of West Manheim 12-6-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to require the numbering of all
houses or other buildings within the Township to facilitate, promote,
and accelerate transportation, communication, and the supply of municipal
services, including fire, police, and ambulance services, and to otherwise
promote the public safety and general welfare of the residents of
West Manheim Township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes all principal buildings, such as, but not limited
to, single- and multiple-family dwellings, offices, places of business,
public service facilities, churches and other institutions, but shall
not include accessory buildings on the same lot that are occupied
by the same person as the principal building on such lot.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the Township
shall assign street or road names and numbers to all buildings in
the Township.
A.
Every owner and occupant of every building within the Township shall
cause this number so assigned to be posted conspicuously on the street
side of the building or on the entrance gatepost or the mailbox or
beside the driveway, in such a manner that it can be read during the
daylight hours from the road or street by persons of normal vision.
B.
Said numbers are to be of a durable light-reflecting material or
to be of a color which contrasts with the immediate background, and
be Arabic numerals or alphabet letters at least four inches high,
with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch, for residential uses and
six inches high for nonresidential uses.[1]
Upon notification of noncompliance by the Board of Supervisors
and/or its authorized representatives, the notified party shall have
15 days to comply with this chapter. This notification must be in
written form.
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 a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs 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.
