[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of O'Hara 7-10-2001 by Ord. No.
1074. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to require the clear display
of authorized and assigned address numbers on buildings in the Township
of O'Hara ("the Township"), in order to assist the general public
and emergency services in identifying any building and to provide
for the health, safety and welfare of the community.
All buildings erected or to be erected within the Township of
O'Hara shall display assigned identification numbers as provided herein
and in accordance with this chapter.
Address numbers shall be determined, changed and assigned by
the Township Engineer. If on the effective date of this chapter a
building exists in the Township which requires an address number or
requires the change of an address number, the Township Engineer shall
notify the owner of the building when a new or changed address number
is assigned.
The owner of every building in the Township which has been assigned
an address number prior to the effective date of this chapter shall,
at their own expense, and within 180 days after the effective date
of this chapter, cause the authorized and assigned number to be displayed
in accordance with the specifications set forth herein. The owner
of any building which is assigned a new or changed number subsequent
to the effective date of this chapter shall, within 180 days after
notice of assignment of such number, comply with all requirements
of this chapter.
Address numbers shall be displayed on buildings as follows:
A.
In Arabic numerals and/or alphabet letters.
B.
A minimum height of four inches for one- and two-family dwellings,
a minimum height of six inches for all other buildings.
C.
Mounted in a secure fashion to the front wall or porch of the building
so as to be clearly visible from both directions from the street.
D.
Sufficiently legible in contrasting background, arrangement, spacing
and uniformity so as to be clearly visible from both directions from
the street.
E.
Affixed at least 30 inches above the ground.
If numbers affixed to the front of a building would not be clearly visible from the street or if the owner of a building desires not to affix the address number to the front of the building, the requirements of this chapter may be satisfied if the owner permanently affixes the assigned address number that complies with the specifications in § 300-5 upon a post, rod, mailbox or other similar fixture at or near the street so that such numbers are clearly visible from the street from both directions upon which the building fronts. When the assigned address number is displayed in accordance with this section, the owner of the building shall not be otherwise obligated to affix numbers or alphabet letters to the building.
The owner or owners of apartments, garden apartments, townhouse
and condominium complexes and other similar buildings and complexes
shall provide each building with numbers a minimum of six inches in
height, as are provided for in this chapter or as approved by the
Township. Each unit in every apartment and condominium building shall
display either an Arabic numeral or an alphabet letter on its door,
a minimum of three inches in height, particularly identifying the
unit.
After the effective date of this chapter, the Township Building
Inspector/Zoning Officer shall not issue a certificate of occupancy
for any building which is erected, repaired, altered or modified in
the Township until the building is assigned an address number, and/or,
in the case of apartments, townhouses and condominiums, a unit number
or letter, and such number or letter is displayed in accordance with
this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
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 costs of prosecution. 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.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the powers and authority
of the Home Rule Charter of the Township of O'Hara.
