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.