The following words shall, for the purpose of this chapter,
have the following meanings:
BUILDING
Any structure used or intended to be used as a dwelling or
place of business or industry, but shall not include any public building
or structure built as a place of worship or any accessory building
located on a lot where there is also a main building.
STREET
Includes any street, road, public highway or private road
upon which there are located two or more buildings, as defined by
this chapter, whether or not such street, road, highway or private
right-of-way is physically opened up or laid out on a recorded plan
but not physically opened.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Newtown shall have
the right from time to time to establish by resolution the names of
streets or to change or alter the names of streets when, in the judgment
of the Board of Supervisors, the existing street names are confusing
or prevent proper identification of such streets and their locations.
The Zoning Officer is hereby authorized to establish a numbering
plan for all lots and buildings in the Township of Newtown. Numbers
shall be assigned to buildings in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
Whenever the Zoning Officer shall find that a section or portion
of the Township shall be built up to the extent that the location
of buildings in such section shall be difficult without the use of
street numbers or when the Zoning Officer has ascertained that the
United States of America is serving or proposes to serve such section
with mail delivery requiring the numbering of buildings, then the
Zoning Officer shall assign numbers to all existing buildings in such
section as soon as possible.
After the Zoning Officer shall determine the street or section
of the Township required to be numbered by the provisions of this
chapter, he shall determine thereafter and send to the owner or occupant
of every lot upon which a building is located a notice of the number
assigned to such building. Said notice may be served personally upon
the owner or occupant or by certified mail. In the event that the
Zoning Officer shall ascertain that any building has been previously
numbered and that such number shall not be in the sequence of established
numbers, then the Zoning Officer shall assign a new number to such
building in the manner set forth for the numbering of buildings under
the provisions of this chapter. The property owner or occupant of
any building to which a number has been assigned or, in the event
of a renumbering, to which a new number has been assigned shall, within
15 days after the date of the service of said notice, affix the number
or new number, as the case may be, to such building or elsewhere upon
the property in the manner prescribed by this chapter. Every property
owner who shall disregard or fail to comply with such notice within
the time limits therein shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
Numbers, as assigned to the buildings in the Township according
to the provisions of this chapter, shall be affixed to or painted
upon or carved upon such buildings or upon a permanent standard, base
or support between such building and the street. Each number shall
be at least 2 1/2 inches high and be of such color and material
as to be visible from the street and shall be maintained constantly
in complete and legible form. A number affixed to or painted upon
a mailbox established in accordance with postal regulations, if of
sufficient size and legibility and properly maintained, shall be deemed
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. In the event of
a renumbering, the property owner or occupant shall remove the old
or former number and shall place the new number on said property as
hereinbefore provided within 15 days of the date of notice, provided
that, in the case of buildings occupied by other than the owner thereof,
the occupant, rather than the owner, shall be responsible for the
placing and maintaining of the numbers upon such building as hereby
required.
Whenever a building shall hereafter be commenced on a street
or in a section of the Township in which street numbers have been
assigned, the Building Inspector or the Zoning Officer, as the case
may be, shall assign a number to said building when the zoning and
building permits have been granted, and the owner or occupant shall
affix such number prior to the application for a final compliance
inspection.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such
fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30 days.