The Township Council finds that residents and property owners
of the Township would be more effectively and efficiently served by
its Police and Fire Departments, its ambulance corps, its Department
of Public Works and by similar municipal services if readily visible
house and building numbers were affixed to all such structures in
the municipality.
The Department of Engineering shall develop and maintain maps
indicating street names and house numbers. Such maps shall be distributable
to all municipal departments having need for same.
Within 90 days after the passage of this article, each party
required to comply with this article shall cause house numbers to
be posted conforming to this article. Nonconforming house numbers
or other identification need not be removed, provided that numbers
that comply are also posted. It shall be the duty of the Chief Construction
Official to notify, by posting on the doorway and by ordinary mail,
the owners and occupants who fail to comply with the provisions of
this article. If not corrected within 15 days from such notification,
the parties so notified shall be charged with violation of this article
by service of summons issued by and returnable before the Municipal
Court.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in §
1-1 of Chapter
1, General Provisions.