From and after the effective date of this chapter, the Township shall
assign street or road numbers to all buildings in the Township which have
heretofore not been numbered and shall give notice to the registered owner
and to the occupant of each building of the number so assigned, provided that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve such owner and occupant
of the duty to ascertain such assigned street number.
In all cases of new construction, the Zoning Officer shall assign a
street number at the time the building permit is issued, and such number shall
be displayed within 30 days after construction is commenced or within 30 days
before the building is ready for occupancy, whichever date shall be earlier.
[Added 3-28-2005 by Ord. No. 04-188]
A. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply for
the section:
TRUSS CONSTRUCTION
A combination of members, such as beams, bars and ties, usually arranged
in triangular units to form a rigid framework for supporting loads over a
span of structural members that connect together to span the space between
the walls of the building to support a vertical load.
TRUSS EMBLEM
A sign consisting of an isosceles triangle not less than 12 inches
horizontally by six inches vertically made of reflective material with white
as the background and red lettering containing the following: "F" to signify
a building or structure having a floor with truss construction; "R" to signify
a building or structure having a roof with truss construction; or "FR" to
signify a building or structure having both a floor and roof with truss construction.
B. Identification of truss construction:
(1) Except as provided in Subsection
C below, the owner of a building or a structure containing truss construction in any form or manner shall install and maintain a truss emblem to the left of the main entrance and at a height of not less than five feet above the floor level. The truss emblem required under this section may be purchased from the Township at a cost determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(2) The owner, developer, and/or homeowners' association
of a residential subdivision, residential condominium, or apartment complex
shall install and maintain a truss emblem within the public right-of-way or
upon the common element/area (in the case of a private street or condominium)
at each entrance to such subdivision or condominium.
C. Exemption. Except for a nonresidential building or structure, the owner of a building or a structure within a residential subdivision, residential condominium, or apartment complex referred to in Subsection
B(2) above shall be exempt from installing and maintaining a truss emblem. The owner of any other single-family dwelling unit or semidetached dwelling containing not more than two dwelling units shall also be exempt from installing and maintaining a truss emblem.
D. Fire Marshal approval. The owner and/or developer of
any building or structure required to have a truss emblem under this section
shall submit a plan for such truss emblem as to design and location for the
prior written approval of the Township Fire Marshal.
E. Retroactive compliance required. The provisions of this
section shall apply to the owners of existing buildings or structures having
truss construction, but such owners shall have one year from the effective
date of this section to comply.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-1]
Any owner or occupant who shall fail to display a street number as in
this chapter is provided shall be in violation of the provisions of this chapter
and shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600 for each offense and costs or, in default
of payment thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding
30 days. A new and separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed
for each day that a violation exists. Such fines shall be collected and distributed
as like fines are now collected by law.