Township of Whitpain, PA Part 5 Building Identification for New Construction

[Adopted 5-4-1999 by Ord. No. 22-29]

Article XII Identification Standards

§ 71-28 Identification required.

As a condition of a required building permit, and as a condition of having a requested inspection performed, all buildings or lots upon which construction is being performed must be continuously posted with the assigned street address number or lot/unit number from the commencement of construction.

§ 71-29 Location and size of numbers.

Any numbers posted to comply with the requirements of this Part 5 must be posted and visible from the street to which they are assigned. All such numbers shall be a minimum height of four inches and be of sufficient contrast with any mounting or background materials so as to be clearly visible from the street for a person of normal vision.

§ 71-30 Permanent numbers.

Permanently affixed assigned street address numbers must be conspicuously posted at the time of final inspection. No certificate of occupancy or use and occupancy certificate shall be issued until said numbers are posted in accordance with the terms of this Part 5.

§ 71-31 Private lanes and shared driveways.

Each assigned street address number or a street number range indicator must be posted at the driveway entrance from the street or emergency access, and additional street numbers must be posted on the buildings or driveways to the buildings so that each street address of each building is obvious to all those entering the driveway or private road.

§ 71-32 Culs-de-sac; dead ends; one-way streets.

All street numbers posted in accordance with the provisions of this Part 5 shall be posted or otherwise mounted so as to be visible from the direction of vehicular access.