[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Parkside as Ch. 47 of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The owners of houses, stores and buildings, fronting on streets,
avenues or lanes in the Borough of Parkside be and they are hereby
directed to number said houses, stores and buildings, and the following
regulations are hereby provided for the numbering of the same.
A.
All streets running northeast and southwest shall have Edgmont Avenue
for the starting point. One hundred numbers shall be the allotment
for any one square or block. The odd numbers shall be on the southerly
sides of the streets, and the even numbers shall be on the northerly
sides of said streets.
B.
In the numbering of houses, stores and buildings on streets or avenues
running in a general northwesterly direction, the Delaware River shall
be the starting point, and allowing for the numbers previously established
by the City of Chester, the numbers in the Borough of Parkside shall
start at Gray Street, which starting numbers shall be the 2600 block.
One hundred numbers shall be the allotment for any one square or block.
The odd numbers shall be on the easterly sides of said streets, and
the even numbers shall be on the westerly sides of said streets.
C.
On streets or avenues where vacant lots exist, numbers shall be allotted
to every 20 feet of ground fronting on said street or avenue.
The Highway Committee or its appointee shall have the power
to number all houses, stores and buildings and to give to every owner
of improved property the proper number for such house, store and building.
Any person or persons erecting houses, stores and buildings
of any kind upon any vacant lot or property shall apply to the Highway
Committee or its appointee for a number to be placed thereon.
The owner or owners of such property shall place the number
designated for such property on a building in a prominent and conspicuous
place and shall at all times keep said number legible by removal of
interference of any kind.
The Highway Committee shall have the full right and authority
to designate any number or numbers on any street, avenue or public
highway of the Borough which may be laid out and opened after the
passage of this chapter and shall have a like authority to designate
such number or numbers due to additions, omissions or corrections
found necessary.
[Amended 12-21-1988 by Ord. No. 349; 3-15-1989 by Ord. No. 354; 8-21-1991 by Ord. No. 362]
Any property owner or owners who shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this chapter within 30 days from the passage thereof
shall be subject, upon conviction of the violation of this chapter
before any District Justice, to a fine of $20, together with the costs
for each offense, and in default of payment thereof, shall be sentenced
to serve not fewer than five days in the county prison. Every day
this chapter is violated shall constitute a new offense.
