This chapter shall apply to each separate tract, lot, or parcel
of land within Schuylkill Township and each principal building on
any such tract, lot, or parcel.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
Any structure on the same lot with a principal building and
of a nature and use for purposes customarily considered incidental
and subordinate to that of the principal building.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
Any structure enclosing space, or otherwise used in any manner
for residential, commercial, industrial, or storage use, or for any
other purposes other than an accessory building as defined herein.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each tract, lot,
or parcel of land by the Township Engineer, or whomever else is appointed
by the Board of Supervisors, and placed on file in the Township office.
Thereafter, such property shall be designated for all purposes by
the number assigned, and all persons shall take due notice thereof
and comply with the provisions of this chapter when applicable. The
Board of Supervisors shall have the right and power to change a street
address number or numbers assigned to any property whenever it may
deem such a change necessary and desirable and require the owner or
occupant thereof to comply with the provisions of this chapter with
respect to such change.
The owner or occupant of each tract, lot, or parcel of land
to which no street address number has been previously assigned shall,
upon purchase, acquisition, or occupancy thereof, or within seven
days of discovery that no such number has been assigned, make application
to the Township Engineer, or his designated representative, for assignment
of a street address number. The Township official shall thereupon
assign a correct street address number to the property.
The Township Engineer shall be responsible for assigning proper
street address number sequences to each lot which is created as a
result of the subdivision. These numbers shall be in relation to the
numbers assigned to other lots fronting on the same street and shall
be properly recorded on the subdivision plan and Township files.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In order to comply with this chapter, street address numbers
shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of four inches,
with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch, and shall be mounted in a
secure fashion to the principal building's front wall or to a porch
or other fixed appurtenance in front of the principal building in
the general vicinity of the main entryway or main path or travel which
leads to the main entrance from a public or private street, or otherwise
separately mounted in an approved manner upon the face of a wall or
upon a post or mailbox in the front yard of the premises. The numbers
shall be sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangement,
spacing, size, and uniformity of integers so that the numbers may
be read during daylight hours by a person with normal vision if the
numbers are viewed from the center line of the facing street. The
numbers shall be placed so that trees, shrubs, and other obstructions
do not block the line of sight of the numbers from the center of the
street.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the owner
and/or occupant of each tract, lot, or parcel of land shall continuously
display the street address number assigned to that tract, lot, or
parcel of land in accordance with the specifications set forth above.