[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 1]
The word "building," as used in this Part, shall mean any structure
used or intended to be used as a dwelling or place of business or
industry, but shall not include any public building or any structure
built as a place of worship, or any accessory building located upon
a lot where there is also a main building.
[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 2]
The Borough Secretary is hereby directed to prepare a numbering
plan for the entire Borough of Hatboro and to assign numbers to all
lots and buildings located in the Borough. Such numbers shall be assigned
according to the system prescribed in this Part.
[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 3]
Numbers shall be assigned to all existing buildings in the Borough
by the Borough Secretary as soon as possible after the adoption of
this Part, and the Borough Secretary shall immediately thereafter
send to the owner of every lot upon which a building is located a
notice of the number assigned to such building or elsewhere upon the
property in the manner prescribed by this Part, within 30 days of
the effective date of this Part. Every property owner who shall disregard
or fail to comply with such notice, within the time limit stated therein,
shall be guilt of a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 4; as amended by Ord. 907,
9/23/1996, § 4-104; and by Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Numbers, as assigned to each building in the Borough according
to the provisions of this Part, shall be affixed to or painted upon
or carved upon such building or upon a permanent standard, base, or
support between such building or street. Each number shall be a minimum
of four inches high with a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch, shall
be of such color and material as to be visible from the street, shall
in no event be farther from the street than 10 feet beyond the applicable
setback line for the zoning district, and shall be constantly maintained
in complete and legible form. The property owner shall re-affix or
renew all numbers that shall not continue to conform to the requirements
of this section; provided, in the case of buildings occupied by other
than the owner thereof, the occupant and the owner, jointly and severally,
shall be responsible for maintaining numbers upon such buildings as
hereby required.
[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 5]
Whenever a building shall hereafter be erected in the Borough,
the owner thereof shall forthwith apply to the Secretary for the official
number thereof. The number shall be assigned by the Secretary in conformity
with the requirement set forth in this Part for numbers for existing
buildings and shall, within 30 days after being assigned to such building,
be affixed by the owner thereof in the manner required by this Part
in the case of existing buildings and shall thereafter be maintained
as hereby required for the numbers of existing buildings.
[Ord. 604, 7/9/1973, § 7; as amended by Ord. 825,
12/18/1989, § 7; by Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 4-106;
and by Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Any person, firm, or corporation who or which shall violate
any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term or imprisonment not to exceed
30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
