[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Medford 11-16-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-25. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all houses, dwellings, stores, business places and
any other buildings which front on any street in the Township or which
exist on any tax lot in the Township.
The Township Department of Planning and Zoning
shall plot on the Tax Map of the Township all of the properties which
now or hereafter front on or have an ingress and egress from any street
and shall designate and assign a number therefor.
The owner in possession of any building for
which an official number is designated shall be required, at his or
her own expense, to place the official number in a conspicuous place
so that it is clearly visible from the public street or road upon
which the building fronts or from which ingress and egress may be
gained. The number shall be placed in such a location as to make it
clearly evident which driveway provides ingress and egress to the
building so numbered. Numbers placed on mailboxes for mail delivery
purposes shall not satisfy the requirements of this chapter unless
the location of said mailbox is immediately adjacent to and on the
same side as the driveway providing ingress and egress. The number
may be placed on the building, provided that it can be seen and read
from the public road; otherwise it must be placed near the intersection
of the driveway with the public road. In the case of a commercial
unit within a shopping center, the number must be readily visible
from the main traffic circulation aisle of the center. The color of
the numeral shall be in sharp contrast to the color of its background,
and it shall be of a bright or reflective material so as to be readily
visible at night when a light is cast upon it.
Upon any subdivision of land in the Township
resulting in lots other than those already delineated on the Tax Map,
the Department of Planning and Zoning shall assign a number to each
lot in the subdivision, which shall be in numerical sequence in relation
to the numbers already assigned other lots fronting or having access
to the same street; and the Department of Planning and Zoning shall
record the new numbers on the Tax Map within 10 days of the filing
of the approval given for such subdivision of land.
All owners in possession of any building for
which an official number has been designated must fully comply with
the provisions of this section within 90 days of adoption of this
chapter. Anyone not in compliance after that date herein set shall
be deemed in violation of this chapter and, upon conviction in the
Municipal Court, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500. Each
day of noncompliance shall be deemed a separate offense.
