[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Dover 6-7-1937 as Ord. No. 198. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It shall be the duty of each and every owner,
trustee, lessee, agent and occupant of each and every house, building
or other structure in the Borough of Dover, York County, Pennsylvania,
to cause the same to be numbered in accordance with this chapter and
the system and plan hereby adopted and approved.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 1, which adopted
the building numbering plan, was deleted 4-5-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-1.
A.
The numbers shall be placed in a conspicuous place
on or over each front door, on the front door, on the front transom
box, front transom glass or front show window, over or on either side
of the entrance. Such numbers shall be of paint, metal, glass or enamel
and at least three inches in height, the color of the numbers to be
in contrast to the immediate background. The numbers shall be so placed
as to be in full view from the opposite side of the street.
B.
It shall be unlawful to cover any house number with
any sign, drapery or other obstruction tending to conceal such number,
and all other numbers shall be removed from any house, building or
other structure when a new number has been assigned, and when so directed
by the Borough Manager.
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
The Borough Manager is hereby authorized to
require the numbering and renumbering of any house, building or other
structure in accordance with this chapter, whether now in evidence
or hereafter to be constructed or erected.
Main Street shall be the dividing line between
the east and west, and Canal Street shall be the dividing line between
north and south. The initial point in numbering houses on streets
extending north and south shall be at Canal Street and the initial
point in numbering houses on streets extending east and west shall
be at Main Street. North of Canal Street the numbers shall commence
at No. 1 and extend eastwardly consecutively, and west of Main Street
the numbers shall commence at No. 1 and extend northwardly consecutively,
and south of Canal the numbers shall commence at No. 1 and extend
southwardly consecutively, east of Main Street the numbers shall commence
at No. 1 and shall extend westwardly consecutively. All even numbers
shall be on the south and west side of the streets, and all odd numbers
shall be on the north and east side of the streets. The houses on
short or intermediate streets shall be numbered uniformly, and with
the main streets paralleling them, whether they begin at the initial
point or not.
[Amended 4-5-1999 by Ord.
No. 1999-1]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who
or which shall number or attempt to number any house or building contrary
to this chapter and the plan hereby approved and adopted, or who shall
fail or neglect to number their house or building in accordance herewith,
or who shall fail to change the number thereof on notification of
the Borough Manager within 30 days after notice, and any person or
persons who shall alter, deface, remove or destroy any number required
to be displayed by this chapter shall, upon conviction, pay a fine
of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of
payment of said fines and costs to undergo imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.
