[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tyrone 11-13-2006 by Ord. No. 1248. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 1433]
The guidelines promulgated by the Blair County Department of
Emergency Services, attached hereto as Exhibit A[1] and incorporated herein, are hereby adopted by the Borough
and will dictate any action involving all matters included in said
guidelines, including, but not limited to, street naming, renaming
and addressing. The procedure for naming or renaming a street shall
be in accordance with the ordinance entitled "Borough of Tyrone Approval
of an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for Street Addressing"
and the terms of said intergovernmental cooperation agreement.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in the Borough offices.
It shall be unlawful to cover, conceal, obstruct, destroy, remove,
deface or vandalize any street number or road/street name sign or
placard and any post containing the same, installed or displayed pursuant
to and in accordance with the requirements of the guidelines attached
hereto, as Exhibit A.
Upon determining that a building or property owner has not complied
with the street numbering or road name sign regulations of this chapter,
the Borough, through the Code Enforcement Officer, or such other person
as may be designated by the Borough Manager from time to time, may
pursue any of the following enforcement remedies:
A.
Provide written notice to the owners, occupants and other persons
in possession of buildings or property which has not been numbered
in accordance with these regulations of the violation, the need to
comply, and the time within which compliance must be accomplished.
B.
In the event that persons persist in refusing to comply with these
regulations despite notices to do so, the Borough Code Enforcement
Officer may issue a written order directing the owners, occupants
or others in possession of the buildings or property in violation
of this chapter to comply with the applicable requirements of this
chapter. Any person who is aggrieved by any order issued pursuant
to this chapter may appeal to the Borough Council by filing a written
notice of appeal with the office of the Borough Manager within 10
days of the date of the subject order. The Borough Council shall,
within 45 days of the receipt of the written notice, schedule a time,
during a public meeting of the Council, to consider the said written
appeal and any other comments offered by said person and, at said
public meeting, or such later date established by the Council not
later than 14 days thereafter, either affirm, reverse and/or modify
the order of the Code Enforcement Officer. Notice of the public meeting
date and time shall be given to the person filing the appeal at least
10 days in advance of said meeting.
C.
In the event the property owners or occupants or possessors fail
or refuse to take action in accordance with the notice and an order
issued pursuant to this chapter, the Borough may provide the sign,
as necessary, in order to bring the property owner(s) into compliance
with the standards promulgated in this chapter. The Borough may recover
the cost of materials and labor for the purchase and installation
of sign from the property owners, occupants or possessors and reasonable
administrative fees, interest or other charges allowed by law. In
the event the owners, occupants or possessors of the subject property
fail to pay the cost of such installation as determined and approved,
then the Borough may institute proceedings at law to collect the full
costs together with all penalties, interest, fees, and other charges
which are authorized by applicable law, or may take action to assess
these costs and charges against the premises and the owners thereof
and collect same as a municipal lien or may take other action to collect
these sums as may be permitted by law. The Borough may pursue any,
all or a combination of any of the said remedies, as the Borough may
decide.
Any person who shall be found to have engaged in the prohibited
unlawful conduct as set forth in this chapter shall be guilty of a
summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a
fine of no less than $100 and no more than $600, together with court
costs, and, upon default in payment of the fine, shall be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
The proper officers of the Borough are hereby authorized to
take necessary and proper action to establish, implement and enforce
the standardized system of property address numbering and street/road
name sign placement as provided for in this chapter and to comply
with the requirements of the automatic location information needs
of the Blair County 9-1-1 system.
The provisions of this chapter shall become effective upon the
United States Postal Service approval of street names and numbering
for Tyrone Borough.
