[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of South
River 1-27-1919 (Ch. 140 of the 1977 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-19[1]]
The owner, occupant or lessee of each and every residential unit, building,
business or commercial unit which now fronts or may hereafter front upon any
of the public streets of the Borough shall cause the proper number of such
residential unit, building, business or commercial unit to be placed in figures
at least two inches in height in some conspicuous place on the front part
of such building so as to be plainly visible from the sidewalks of the street
on which such house or building may front.
[Added 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-19]
The owner of each and every rooming house or boardinghouse within the
Borough of South River, in addition to numbering the building as set forth
above, shall number each and every apartment and/or room in said building
as set forth above.
A.
In numbering the houses and buildings as aforesaid, the
following order shall be observed:
(1)
The numbers on or in such streets as run a northerly
and southerly course shall begin at the house or building standing or which
may stand in or at the southeasterly extremity of each and every street which
runs such course as aforesaid and within the line of buildings aforesaid,
which said house or building shall be numbered one; and the house or building
standing or which may stand at the southwesterly extremity of each and every
street which runs such course as aforesaid and within the line of buildings
aforesaid shall be numbered two; and within the line, the house or building
adjoining number one shall be numbered three, and the house or building adjoining
number two shall be numbered four, and so on in such a progression in numerical
order.
(2)
The numbers in such streets as run in an easterly and
westerly course shall begin at the house or building standing or which may
stand at the northeasterly extremity of each and every street which runs such
course as aforesaid and within the line of the buildings aforesaid, which
said house or building shall be numbered one; and the house or building standing
or which may stand at the southeasterly extremity of each and every street
which runs such course as aforesaid and within the line of buildings aforesaid
shall be numbered two; and the houses or buildings in each and every street
which runs such course as aforesaid shall be numbered in progressive numerical
or in the same order as hereinbefore specified.
B.
Whenever any vacant lot or lots shall occur in the numbering
of the houses or buildings in any street of said Borough, the adjacent houses
or buildings shall be so numbered that when such vacant lot or lots shall
be built upon, the house or houses built thereon may be numbered appropriately
in proper numerical order, provided that the numbers shall be designated for
each 40 feet of vacant lot.
In case of any difficulty or doubt concerning the proper number of any
lot, house or building in the Borough, the owner, occupant or lessee or any
person interested may apply to the Engineer of the Borough in order that the
question may be determined, and the order and decision of such Engineer shall
be final and conclusive.
It shall be the duty of such committee of Borough Council as may be
appointed for the purpose, to see that the provisions of this chapter are
properly carried into effect.
