[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Nottingham 5-18-1992 by Ord. No. 60. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Supervisors of Nottingham Township pursuant to the Second Class Township Code are hereby authorized and empowered to name and/or provide the names of any and all streets, roadways, alleys, thoroughfares or the like within Nottingham Township be it or they Township or state. Furthermore, the Supervisors of Nottingham Township shall have the exclusive power and authority to name and/or designate the name of any street, roadway, thoroughfare or the like which should hereinafter come into existence, be it state or Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Each structure to which a street number has been assigned by Nottingham Township shall have the number that is assigned displayed in a position which is easily observed and readable from the public right-of-way. All numbers shall be in Arabic figures or alphabet letters which shall be at least four inches (102 millimeters) high and 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) wide, and of contrasting color. If said structure to which a street number has been assigned is so situate that its distance from the public right-of-way is such that said numbers would not be visible from the same, then and in the event, said numbers shall, in fact, be so placed on said structure and the same shall also be placed or displayed on the mailbox or postal facility that services said property, if there is one in existence or later comes into existence. Therein, said numbers shall be in Arabic figures at least four inches (102 millimeters) high and 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) wide, and of contrasting color.
It shall be the responsibility of the titled owner and occupant or occupants of said structure to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
The titled owner and occupant or occupants of said structure shall be required to maintain said designation in a legible condition on a continuing basis.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
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. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 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.