[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Cinnaminson 1-27-1959 by Ord. No. 1959-2 (Sec.
2.92 of the 1995 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 7-15-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-11]
All dwelling houses, stores or other buildings
within the limits of Cinnaminson Township shall be numbered in conformity
with the street numbers shown on the map entitled "Building Numbers,
Cinnaminson Township," which map and the building numbering system
thereon delineated is filed in the office of the Township Clerk and
hereby is adopted as the system of building numbers for the Township
of Cinnaminson.
[Amended 7-15-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-11]
A.
The Township Committee, or its delegate, shall plot
on the map of the Township entitled "Building Numbers" all the properties
which now or hereafter front on any street and shall designate and
assign an official number therefor.
[Amended 7-15-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-11]
B.
House numbering requirements.
(1)
The owner or occupant of any building for which an
official number is designated shall be required at his own expense
to place the official number on the structure or a post so that it
is clearly visible from the street on which the building fronts.
(2)
If the official number cannot be displayed on the
structure or a post so as to be clearly visible from the street, it
shall be displayed at the end of the driveway to the building so that
it is clearly visible from the street on which the building fronts.
(3)
Figures at least three inches high shall be used to
display the official number, and all numbers shall be lighted or reflective.
C.
Mailbox numbering requirements.
(1)
Buildings with rural mailboxes located on the same
side of the street on which the building fronts shall have the official
number displayed on both sides of the mailbox.
(2)
Buildings with rural mailboxes located on the opposite
side of the street on which the building fronts shall have the official
number displayed on the side of the mailbox facing oncoming traffic.
The official number shall also be posted at the end of the driveway
to the building so that it is clearly visible from the street
(3)
Buildings with mailboxes clustered with others or
on a street other than that on which the building fronts shall have
the official street address displayed in one-inch lettering on the
front door of the mailbox.
All doorway entrances and/or exits for commercial
establishments shall have printed thereon, in block letters, at least
three inches high and approximately six inches from the top of the
doorway, in conspicuously contrasting colors, the name of the commercial
establishment located therein; provided, however, that there shall
be exempt from this requirement such main entrance or entrances as
are otherwise conspicuously and clearly marked with the identity of
the commercial establishment located therein. It is the intent of
this provision that emergency personnel arriving at the scene of a
fire or other emergency have immediate identification of access routes
to commercial occupancies located in a particular commercial building
or buildings.
It shall be the duty of the Township Assessor,
with the assistance of the Township Engineer, to make such modifications
and changes in said map as may be hereafter required by reason of
creation or addition of additional lots and to assign numbers thereto
in accordance with the system delineated on said map and to maintain
said map in the office of the Township Clerk, where it shall be open
to inspection by the public at all times.
[Amended 8-15-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-11]
Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply
with any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
for each day said violation continues, pay a fine of not more than
$50 or, in default thereof, be confined to the Burlington County Jail
for a period of not more than 10 days, in the discretion of the court
before whom such conviction shall be had.
