[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of New Freedom 8-11-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6 (Ch. 4, Part 2, of
the 1983 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every person having ownership, custody or control
of any building or structure within the Borough shall have and maintain
an established street address number thereon and shall post such street
address number near each entrance from a street of the Borough or
state and/or from any other public accessway in the manner and location
designated by this chapter. R.D., R.R. or any other similar designation
shall not be considered an acceptable street designation.
The owners and/or occupants of all establishments
contained within a multitenant commercial, residential or industrial
building complex, which have front and rear entrances, shall cause
the correct street numbers to be placed on or adjacent to both the
front and rear doors.
Within 10 days of written notice from the United
States Postal Service and/or the Borough of any change in the property's
street address or designation, the owner or occupant of any building
or structure on such property shall make the appropriate installation,
change or removal of the street address number required by this chapter.
The minimum height of any street address number
designated by the United States Postal Service on or after the effective
date of this chapter shall be not less than four inches high. All
streets address numbers required by this chapter shall be of such
a design that they are legible and easily visible from the street
or accessway.
A.
Notwithstanding the requirements of § 91-1 of this chapter, the street address number of any building, except those buildings described in § 91-2 of this chapter, may be placed on a post or other means of support at least 18 inches off the ground at the main driveway or walkway entrance or on the mailbox so as to be easily visible from the street or accessway.
B.
In the event that a building is one of several located
along a joint driveway or access drive, each address must be posted
at the drive entrance from the street or accessway and, additionally,
at each individual drive, front yard or building entrance way.
C.
The owner or occupant of any building situated on
a corner shall locate the street address number only on the street
representing the correct mailing address regardless of where the property
driveway is located.
The Borough shall adopt such reasonable rules
and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this
chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation or association
in violation of the provisions of this chapter or failing to comply
therewith shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $25
and not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days.
Each day a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
