As used in this chapter, the words or phrases shall have the
meaning indicated unless otherwise required by the context:
BUILDING
Includes all houses, dwellings, residences, stores, businesses
and other buildings that are occupied for commercial, industrial,
recreational and public use, which front on or access any street in
the Township.
BUILDING COMPLEX
Any property or lot on which multiple buildings are located
and occupied, and such buildings require individual identification
in addition to the official street address for the purposes of 9-1-1
locatable mailing addressing, including for the sake of definition,
but limited to, campgrounds and camping areas, residential apartments,
marinas, business and industrial complexes, and governmental complexes.
PRIVATE STREET
Any undedicated byway or other street on private property
or on property of the State of New Jersey, where buildings front upon
that private street which is not designated as a street by the Township
of Washington, including for the sake of definition, but limited to,
private streets in campgrounds and camping areas, marinas, business
or industrial properties, and governmental complexes.
STREET
Any street, paved or unpaved, road, highway, byway, alleyway
or avenue for the passage of motor vehicles and pedestrians, whether
paved or unpaved, identified on the official Tax Map and/or street
map prepared in conjunction with implementation of the 9-1-1 program
of the Township of Washington and located within Township borders.
The Township Committee or its delegate shall plot on the Tax
Map of the Township or otherwise identify or list all the properties
which now or hereafter front on any street and shall designate and
assign a number therefor.
Upon any subdivision of land in the Township resulting in new
streets and in lots other than those delineated on the Tax Map, the
Township Committee or its delegate shall assign a name to each new
street and a number to each lot resulting from the subdivision which
shall be in proper numerical sequence in relation to the numbers assigned
to other lots fronting on the same street. The Township shall, prior
to such assignment, consult with Burlington County 9-1-1 officials
to advise them of such proposed naming/numbering system. The Secretary
of the Washington Township Planning and Zoning Board shall, upon approval
of any subdivision or other Board action which may affect property
addresses, forward to the Township and County 9-1-1 Coordinators a
copy of said subdivision plat or a memorandum outlining the Planning
and Zoning Board's action. The Planning and Zoning Board shall
consult with the Township and County 9-1-1 Coordinators to resolve
any conflict or other problem with the Planning and Zoning Board action
taken as it may relate to the 9-1-1 process.
No person shall erect or maintain a private street or lane sign
which fronts on or is readily visible from a designated street of
the Township. All nonconforming signs shall be removed at the owner's
expense within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter.
The Mayor shall appoint a 9-1-1 Coordinator for a one-year term
commencing each January 1. On final passage of this chapter, the Mayor
shall appoint a 9-1-1 Coordinator for the balance of the year 1993.
The Washington Township Committee hereby adopts as the Official
9-1-1 Township Road Map, the map prepared by Kluk Consultants on March
21, 1993, last revision May 24, 1993, said map shall be kept on file
with the Township Clerk as well as with the 9-1-1 Coordinator.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage and publication according to law. The numbering requirements of §§
303-3 through
303-8 shall become effective immediately upon approval and implementation of the 9-1-1 locatable mailing address system by the United States Postal Service; and the requirements for house, building complex and mailbox numbering shall be met within 30 days of the notification of new 9-1-1 addresses by the Township Clerk.