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Town of Bethany Beach, DE
Sussex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Bethany Beach 4-19-1974 by Ord. No. 69 (Ch. 152 of the 1992 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 395
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 410.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 493.
All buildings and structures located within the corporate limits of the Town of Bethany Beach shall be numbered according to the government quadrant system of house numbering.
[Amended 9-16-1988 by Ord. No. 207]
A chart or map shall be maintained in the office of the Town Council of Bethany Beach showing the proper assigned street number, which shall be open for inspection by any citizen of the Town of Bethany Beach.
[Amended 3-16-2001 by Ord. No. 353]
It shall be the duty of owners or occupants of every building or structure located within the corporate limits of the Town of Bethany Beach to place or cause to be placed thereon, in a place and manner visible from the street, numbers which shall be not less than four inches high showing the street number of the building or structure. Such numbers shall be in place within one year of the date of promulgation of assigned numbers by the Town of Bethany Beach.
New structures will have house numbers issued with occupancy permits.
A. 
Any person violating any section of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay such fines as set out in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, Penalties.
[Amended 9-18-1992 by Ord. No. 279; 2-17-2006 by Ord. No. 407]
B. 
For the purposes of this chapter, each day that a violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.