[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Easttown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 3-16-1992 by Ord. No. 246-92]
This article may be cited as the "Easttown Township Street Address
Identification Ordinance."
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
Every lot or parcel of land upon which any building or structure is located or constructed shall be required to permanently display the street address identification number or numbers assigned pursuant to § 285-4 hereof.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The individual, person, firm, corporation, partnership or
other legal entity in title to a lot, parcel of land, building, condominium
or other real property capable of ownership.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
Any structure enclosing space or otherwise used in any manner
for residential, commercial, industrial or storage use or for any
other purposes. The term shall not include a structure accessory to
a principal building and used only in conjunction therewith.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord.
No. 422-14]
A.
Street address identification number(s) shall be assigned to each lot or parcel of land upon which is constructed or located one or more principal buildings. Such assignment shall be made by the Township Zoning Officer or his designated representative, and written notice thereof shall be given by said official to the property owner and shall be placed on file in the Township administrative office. The procedure to be followed shall be as set forth in § 285-5 hereof. The assigned number or numbers shall constitute the official street address of the subject property for all purposes. The Board of Supervisors shall have the power to change the street address identification number or numbers assigned to any property at such time or times as it determines it necessary to assure the continuity of the numbering system in any area of the Township occasioned by subdivision and land development of other properties, rules and regulations promulgated and enforced by the United States Postal Service or other necessary cause.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
B.
Whenever separate lots or parcels of land are created as a result
of a subdivision or land development plan approval, the Zoning Officer
shall be responsible to assign a street address identification number
to each lot or principal building in logical relation to the numbers
assigned to other lots or principal buildings fronting on the same
street, and said numbers shall be properly recorded either on the
subdivision plan or accompanying documents.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord.
No. 422-14; 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
Street address identification numbers shall be assigned at the
time of issuance of a building permit for any building or structure
on a lot or parcel of land to which such number has not been previously
assigned, unless such assignment has occurred at the time of final
subdivision plan approval. Existing principal buildings having no
assigned street address identification number shall come into compliance
with this article within 30 days of the Zoning Officer's written notice
of such assignment, or within such period upon a change in use and
occupancy of any such building. Any property owner may make application
to the Zoning Officer for a change in his street address identification
number upon cause shown. Said official is authorized to assign a new
number if, in his discretion reasonably exercised, he determines that
just cause for doing so exists and will not adversely impact sequential
numbering of other properties on the same street or in the same area
as that for which application has been made.
[Amended 6-2-2014 by Ord.
No. 422-14]
Buildings shall have approved address numbers, building numbers
or approved building identification placed in a position that is plainly
legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property.
These numbers shall contrast with their background. Address numbers
shall be a minimum of four inches (102 mm) high with a minimum stroke
width of 1/2 inch (12.7 mm). Where access is by means of a private
road and the building address cannot be viewed from the public way,
a monument, pole or other sign or means shall be used to identify
the structure.
[Amended 12-15-2014 by Ord. No. 424-14]
The owner of each lot or parcel of land shall be responsible
for compliance with this article from and after its effective date.
No lease or other arrangement by which any such property is occupied
shall excuse the owner from compliance; provided, however, that any
tenant, lessee or occupant in possession and control of such property
shall be liable for compliance with the terms of this article and
to prosecution for violation hereof.
[Amended 10-7-1996 by Ord. No. 293-96; 6-2-2014 by Ord. No. 422-14]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, including reasonable
attorneys' fees. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may
be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each
day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense.
