[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Vineland 7-12-1966 by Ord. No. 580 (Ch.
183 of the 1990 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-27-1966 by Ord. No. 593]
There is hereby established a uniform system
for numbering property and buildings along all streets, avenues and
other public ways within the City of Vineland. Excepted from the provisions
of this chapter shall be properties located within the City within
the area bounded by Delsea Drive on the west, Main Road on the east,
Oak Road on the north and Walnut Road on the south, but not including
said Delsea Drive, Main Road, Oak Road and Walnut Road, excepting
such portions of said area as may be peculiarly inconsistent with
the numbering of immediately adjacent areas.
The baselines for the uniform system for numbering
property and buildings within the City of Vineland shall be defined
as follows and shall be described on a map entitled "Property Numbering
Baseline Map of the City of Vineland."
A.
Baseline dividing the City into north and south sections.
The baseline, hereafter to be known as the "north-and-south baseline,"
which shall divide the City into a northern section and a southern
section, shall be the center line of Landis Avenue.
B.
North streets and south streets. Hereafter, all streets
north of the north-and-south baseline and running generally in a northerly-southerly
direction shall be known as "north streets," and likewise all streets
south of this north-and-south baseline running generally in a northerly-southerly
direction shall be known as "south streets."
C.
Baseline dividing City into east and west sections.
The baseline, hereafter to be known as the "east-and-west baseline,"
which shall divide the City into an eastern section and a western
section, shall be the center line of Railroad Boulevard, extending
to the north and south boundaries of the City.
[Amended 9-27-1966 by Ord. No. 593]
D.
East streets and west streets. Hereafter, streets
east of the east-and-west baseline and running in a generally easterly-westerly
direction shall be known as "east streets," and likewise streets west
of the east-and-west baseline and running in a generally easterly-westerly
direction shall be known as "west streets."
All buildings on diagonal streets shall be numbered
the same as buildings on north-south streets if the diagonal is in
a north-south direction and shall be numbered the same as buildings
on east-west streets if the diagonal is in an east-west direction.
[Amended 9-27-1966 by Ord. No. 593]
The numbering of property on each street shall
begin at the appropriate baseline, and such numbers shall change from
100 to the next higher hundred on the basis of grid lines shown on
the Base Line Map. All numbers shall be assigned on the basis of one
number for each 10.56 feet of property frontage along a street. Along
streets which run in a north-south direction, odd numbers shall be
assigned to the easterly side, even numbers to the westerly side.
Along streets which run in an east-west direction, odd numbers shall
be assigned to the southerly side, even numbers to the northerly side.
[Amended 6-27-1967 by Ord. No. 627; 3-9-1993 by Ord. No. 93-13]
After a house or building shall be assigned
its respective number or numbers under the system established by this
chapter, the owner, occupant or agent shall place or cause to be placed
in front of and on each house or building controlled by him the number
or numbers assigned to such house or building in accordance with the
requirements of this section.
A.
Effective date of numbers. The numbers assigned under
the provisions of this chapter shall take effect one year after the
adoption of this chapter and its due publication according to law.
On or before such date, the appropriate number shall be placed on
the various houses and buildings within the City of Vineland. All
numbers assigned to houses and buildings on and after the effective
date shall be placed in front of and on such houses and buildings
within 20 days after such numbers are assigned.
B.
Numbers: property owner's responsibility. The cost
of numbers shall be borne by the property owner. The numbers used
shall be in Arabic figures at least three inches (76 millimeters)
high and 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) wide and shall be made of durable
and clearly visible material.
C.
Placing of numbers. The numbers shall be conspicuously
placed upon each building, house or other unit and in front of each
building, house or other unit on the U.S. Postal Service mail receptacle
or, if there is no mail receptacle, upon a sign, gate or fence post
or other appropriate place clearly related to the house, building
or other unit to which it refers. Placement upon curbing shall be
unacceptable. All numbers shall be displayed in a position easily
observed and readable from the public right-of-way. (While not located
on public rights-of-way, units within mobile home parks and apartment
or condominium complexes shall be subject to this subsection and to
Subsection B above. All numbers shall be displayed in a position easily
observed and readable from the public right-of-way or driveway or
parking lot from which a unit is normally accessed. In complexes where
units may not have direct access to the outside, but rather be accessed
from a common hallway or courtyard, the identification number or letter
of the building, along with the range of units within the building,
shall be displayed.)
[Amended 2-23-1999 by Ord. No. 99-8]
For the purpose of facilitating a correct numbering
system, a plat book of all streets, avenues and public ways, showing
the proper numbers of all property fronting upon all streets, avenues
or public ways, shall be prepared and shall be on file in the office
of the Assessor of the City of Vineland. These plats shall be open
to inspection by all persons during office hours. Duplicate copies
of such plats shall be furnished to the City Engineer, City Clerk,
the Planning Board and such other departments or department heads
as shall need such plats. Duplicate copies of such plats shall also
be furnished to the Post Office Department.
It shall be the duty of the Assessor to inform
any party applying therefor of the numbers or number belonging to
or embraced within this chapter. In the case of conflict as to the
proper number to be assigned to any building, the Assessor shall determine
the number of such building.
Whenever any building shall be erected or located
in the City of Vineland or its urban fringe after the establishment
of the uniform system has been completed, it shall be the duty of
the owner to procure the correct number or numbers as designated from
the Assessor for the property and to immediately fasten said number
or numbers so assigned upon said building as provided by this chapter.
A building permit shall not be issued for any house, building or structure
until the owner has procured from the Assessor the official number
of the premises. Final approval of any structure erected, repaired,
altered or modified after the effective date shall be withheld by
the Building Inspector until permanent and proper numbers have been
affixed to said structure.
For the purpose of clarifying and systemizing
the present street names in the City of Vineland, the Planning Board
shall examine all street names within the City of Vineland, and when
it shall find duplication of street names or similarity of street
names which might cause difficulty in the assigning of numbers, it
shall then recommend appropriate name changes to the City Council.
[Added 3-9-1993 by Ord. No. 93-13]
The Police Department of the City of Vineland
shall confirm the visibility of house numbers and coordinate enforcement
through the Uniform Construction Code Official with verification of
numbers by the Tax Assessor.
