[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 300]
In order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Township, it will be required at all residential and commercial properties prominently display identification numbers which mark the location of the residents and businesses for fire, police, ambulance, and other personnel involved in providing emergency services.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 300; as amended by Ord. 266, 9/17/2007]
1. 
Every business and residence within the Township shall be required to display a house number consistent with a numbering system designed by the Township Engineer and assigned by Code Enforcement Officer.
2. 
Each property owner within the Township shall permanently display the house number designated for his or her business or residence in a prominent place visible from the street not more than 50 feet from the point where the driveway giving access to the premises intersect with a Township or state road.
A. 
Numerals designating the house number shall be no less than four inches high with a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch.
B. 
House numbers must be numeric; by example, the words "Fifty-Eight" are not permitted to designate the house number "58."
C. 
All house numbers shall be attached to a post, mail box, tree, or other appropriate structure at a point no less than three feet from ground level.
D. 
House numbers must be visible from both directions of travel from the road way.
3. 
Property owners shall have 30 days from the date of notice of their designated house number is mailed to display the number provided in Subsection 2B above.
4. 
It shall be unlawful for any person owning property in the Township to fail to display the house number designated for said premises as provided herein. Any person who shall continue for a period in excess of 10 days fail to display said number after receiving notice by certified mail as provided herein shall be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
5. 
Upon notification by the Code Enforcement Officer, the Fire Marshal, the Police Department, or the fire company having jurisdiction of the failure of a property owner to display a house number, the Township Secretary will notify the property owner by certified mail of the house number and the duty of the owner to display it as provided herein.