[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Eagleswood 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. 8-88 (Ch. 70 of the 1977 Township
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to require the clear display
of authorized and assigned house or building numbers on every building
fronting on any street in the Township of Eagleswood in order to assist
the general public and emergency services, public and private, in
identifying any property in case of emergency or otherwise.
All residential, commercial, industrial or other structures
erected or to be erected within the Township of Eagleswood shall display
identification numbers as provided herein and in accordance with specifications
provided herein.
House numbers shall be determined and assigned by the Township
of Eagleswood. The owner of any structure requiring a house number,
for which structure such a number has not been assigned as of the
effective date of this chapter, will be notified by the Township when
such number is assigned to said structure.
The system of numbering all buildings and lots in the Township
of Eagleswood, shown on a map entitled "Eagleswood Township House
Numbering Map," as superimposed on the Assessment Map of the Township
of Eagleswood, Ocean County, New Jersey, providing a number for all
buildings and lots in the Township of Eagleswood, and hereby made
a part of this chapter as if fully set forth at length herein, is
hereby adopted, and the number shown thereon for each building or
lot is hereby assigned to that building or lot. Copies of said map
shall be filed in the offices of the Tax Assessor and Zoning Officer.
Upon any subdivision or resubdivision of land in the Township
of Eagleswood resulting in a lot or lots other than those delineated
on said map, the Zoning Officer shall assign a number to each lot
resulting from said subdivision or resubdivision, which shall be in
proper numerical sequence in relation to the number assigned to other
lots fronting on the same street, and he shall record same on the
House Numbering Map.
No subdivision or resubdivision of land requiring approval by
the Land Use Board shall be recorded on the Tax Assessment Map unless
a house number has been assigned by the Zoning Officer to each lot
so divided.
Whenever any house, building or structure shall be erected or
located in the Township of Eagleswood after the establishment of the
numbering system, in order to preserve the continuity and uniformity
of numbers of the houses, buildings and structures it shall be the
duty of the owner to procure from the office of the Zoning Officer
the correct number or numbers as designated for said property and
to immediately affix the number or numbers so assigned to the house,
building or structure. No building permit shall be issued for any
house, building or structure until the owner has procured from the
Zoning Officer the official number of said proposed or existing house,
building or structure. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued
for any house, building or structure hereafter erected, enlarged or
occupied until a permanent and proper number has been affixed.
The owner, occupant or lessee of each and every structure which
now fronts or which may hereafter front upon any public or private
street within the Township of Eagleswood who has been assigned a house
number shall, at his own expense, cause the authorized and assigned
number of such structure to be permanently and conspicuously placed
in accordance with the specifications set forth herein.
House or building numbers shall be:
A.
In Arabic numerals.
B.
A minimum height of three inches for residential properties
and a minimum of six inches for commercial and industrial properties.
C.
Mounted in a secure fashion to the front wall or porch
of the building so as to be clearly visible from the street.
D.
Sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangement,
spacing and uniformity so as to be clearly visible from the street.
E.
At least 30 inches above ground level and so placed that
trees, shrubs or other obstructions do not block the line of sight
of the numbers from the street upon which the building fronts.
If numbers affixed to the front of the building would not be
visible from the street, regulations may be satisfied if the owner,
occupant or lessee shall provide the Arabic numerals, as required
by this chapter, upon a post, rod or other type of fixture of substantial
nature or a mailbox at or near the frontage with the same number affixed
thereon and so located upon the same so that the number may be conspicuous
and visible from the street upon which the building fronts. When the
provisions of this section have been complied with, the owner, occupant
or lessee of the house or building shall not be otherwise obligated
to affix Arabic numerals to said house or building and shall be permitted,
at his option, to utilize cursive numbers or no numbers at all upon
the house or building.
Garden apartment and townhouse condominium complexes shall provide
such building and apartment numbers as are provided for in the chapter.
