The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUILDING
Includes all houses and dwellings, stores and business places
and other buildings which shall front upon any street of the Township.
The Engineer shall plot upon the Tax Maps of the Township all
of the properties which now or shall hereafter front upon any street,
and designate and assign a number therefor.
All buildings now or hereafter erected within the Township shall
bear the street number assigned to the building on the Tax Maps of
the Township. Such figures shall be at least three inches in height
and shall be displayed by the owner or occupant on the front of the
building or in the front yard, at or near the front entrance to the
building, and so located as to be visible to persons passing by the
building or premises on the abutting street. The color of such numbers
shall contrast with the color of the background on which they are
placed.
The Engineer, upon completion of the plotting upon the Tax Maps
of the Township of the numbers assigned to all lots and buildings
on any particular street, shall file a copy with the Township Clerk.
The Clerk shall, by certified mail or by personal service, serve upon
the owner or occupant of the premises notification of the number assigned
to his building or lot. The owner shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this chapter within 30 days after receipt of the
notification.
Upon any subdivision or resubdivision of land in the Township
resulting in lots other than those delineated on the map, the Engineer
shall assign a number to each lot resulting from the subdivision or
resubdivision, which shall be in proper numerical sequence in relation
to the number assigned to the other lots fronting on the same street,
and he shall record the new numbers on the map within 10 days of the
filing of the approval given for such subdivision or resubdivision
of land.
No subdivision or resubdivision of land, major or minor, requiring
approval by the Planning Board shall be approved until a number has
been assigned by the Engineer to each lot for the building erected
or to be erected on it.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building
Inspector or anyone in his department for the occupancy of any building
erected or enlarged until the provisions of this chapter have been
complied with.