[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
(now Township Council) of the Township of Bristol 7-17-1985 by Ord. No.
1097. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every house, building or structure erected or
located within the Township of Bristol shall have displayed on the
front of the building the number assigned to the building. The house
numbers shall be in plain block numerical form and not script form
and shall be a minimum of four inches in height for residential buildings,
six inches in height for commercial buildings and 10 inches in height
for apartment building letters and for all other buildings. The color
of the required numerals shall be in contrast to the immediate background,
and such numbers should be made of durable material and clearly visible
at night. The numbers shall be procured and affixed at the expense
of the owners of the property.
All buildings shall have house numbers placed
conspicuously immediately above or at the side of the main door of
each building, where practical, in such a manner that the number can
be seen plainly from the street. In addition to this requirement,
whenever any building is situated more than 50 feet from the street
line, a second set of house numbers shall be placed near the walk,
driveway or common entrance to the land on which the building is erected
or upon a gatepost, rural mailbox, fence, tree or other appropriate
place so as to be easily discernible from the street.
In addition to the number on the front of the
house, all townhouses shall display identical numbers on the rear
of the building in a prominent place so that the numbers are clearly
visible from the sidewalk along the rear of the property.
No numbers shall be placed so that they will
be hidden at any time by obstructions, screen or storm doors, grass,
shrubbery or trees. It shall be a violation of this chapter to obstruct
or cause to be obstructed any numbers placed in conformity with this
chapter.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any building abutting on any street or highway
in the Township of Bristol, whether an existing or new construction,
shall be numbered by the owner or occupant thereof in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter within two weeks of the date of written
notice by the Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections to any said
owner or occupier to do so. The written notice shall specify the number
of the building, and no number shall be displayed upon any building
or lot except the number assigned to the building by the Office of
Licenses, Zoning and Inspections in the written notice.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $600 and the cost of prosecution, and in default of
payment of such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for a term not
exceeding 30 days. Each week's continuation of a violation of this
chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
