It shall be the duty of the owner of any store, house or other
building being or fronting on any public street of the said Borough
of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, to number the same, which number shall
conform to the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, using
Arabic numerals or alphabet letters at least four inches high, with
a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch, and of a color which contrasts
with the immediate background. Where access is by means of a private
road and the building cannot be viewed from the public way, a monument,
pole or other sign or means shall be used to identify the structure.
To regulate the numbering of the stores, houses or other buildings
aforesaid, it is directed that the same shall be numbered as follows:
north and south from Main Street, east and west from Broad Street,
counting each square 100 numbers and allowing one number for each
and every 20 feet.
The even numbers shall be placed upon the west side of the streets
running north and south, and the odd numbers shall be placed upon
the east side of the streets thereof; the even numbers shall be placed
upon the south side of the streets running east and west, and the
odd numbers shall be placed upon the north side thereof.
[Amended 2-2-1956 by Ord. No. 522]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
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 court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment
against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons
on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough lockup
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 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 chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.