[Ord. 156, 5/5/1936, Section 1-6; amended by Ord. 1348, 9/6/1991;
Ord. 1852, 10/16/2006, Section 2; Ord. 1889, 12/17/2007, Section 5]
a.
Adopted. The survey conducted by the FERA-NYA under the supervision
of the Borough Engineer, plan and system for the numbering of houses
and buildings prepared by the Borough Engineer on December 5, 1934,
is adopted and approved.
b.
Every Building to be Numbered. On and after the passage of this ordinance,
it shall be the duty of each and every owner, trustee, lessee, agent
and occupant of each and every house, building or other structure
in the Borough to cause the same to be numbered in accordance with
this ordinance and the system and plan hereby adopted and approved.
c.
Regulations. The numbers shall be placed in a conspicuous place on
every house, building or other structure in a conspicuous manner so
that said numbers can be readily seen and read from the sidewalk in
front of said building, and in full view from the opposite side of
the street. The numbers shall be Arabic numbers and shall be of metal
or enamel, at least three inches in height. If the numbers are of
enamel, the colors shall be in contrast with the immediate background.
It shall be unlawful to cover any house number with any sign,
drapery or other obstruction tending to conceal such number, and all
old numbers shall be removed from any house, building or other structure
when a new number has been assigned, and when so notified by the Secretary
of Council at the direction of the Borough Engineer.
Any Borough employee authorized by the Borough Manager may enforce
the provisions of this ordinance.
The Borough Engineer is hereby authorized to require the numbering
and renumbering of any house, building or other structure in accordance
with this ordinance.
d.
Numbering Plan. All numbering starts at the intersection of Allen
Street and College Avenue; College Avenue shall be the dividing line
between north and south, while Allen Street shall be the dividing
line between east and west. Beginning at the southwest corner of College
Avenue and Allen Street, the number shall be 100 and a new number
shall be assigned for every 20 feet thereafter, consecutively, extending
westwardly. The same applies, except in a southerly direction from
the same point. Beginning at the southeast corner of College Avenue
and Allen Street, the number shall be 100 and a new number shall be
assigned for every 20 feet consecutively extending eastwardly and
also from the same starting point, extending southerly but starting
with 101. Beginning at the northeast corner of College Avenue and
Allen Street, numbering will apply as above, with odd numbers starting
with 101. Beginning at the northwest corner of College Avenue and
Allen Street, numbering will apply as above beginning with 100 and
extending northerly, and also from the same starting point extending
westwardly but starting with 101.
All even numbers shall be on the south and west side of the
street or avenue, and all odd numbers shall be on the north and east
side of the streets. The houses on short or immediate streets shall
be numbered uniformly, with the main streets paralleling them, whether
they begin at the initial point or not.
Each main block, as shown on the plan, shall begin with an even
100, irrespective of the number of buildings in the block. All intersecting
streets, except as provided in preceding paragraphs, shall begin with
100, 200, 300, and so on. This procedure applies to all streets and
avenues in the Borough, and those hereafter taken in by the Borough.
Due to the intrusion of the campus of the Pennsylvania State College
(now The Pennsylvania State University), the block north of Park Avenue
will be 500, and the blocks north of Ridge/Hartswick Avenues will
follow consecutively: 600, 700 and so on.
e.
Assignment of New Numbers. Owners of property, where the house number
now in use falls on the lot described in the deed or deeds upon which
the house is erected, shall not receive new numbers, provided however
that, in case of future building on the lot, new numbers will be assigned
in accordance with the 20 feet spacing, as provided by § 4-601.d
of this codification.
f.
Penalties. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, who shall
number or attempt to number any house or building contrary to this
ordinance or who shall alter, deface, remove or destroy any number
required to be displayed by this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $600.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who shall fail or
neglect to change or erect their house or building number in accordance
herewith, within 30 days after notification shall, upon conviction,
pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $600; and provided
further that, each day thereafter that such violation exists shall
be considered as a separate offense.
g.
Upon the discovery of any violation under the terms of this Ordinance,
the Municipality shall, through its authorized agents, give notice
to the owner of a violation hereunder, either by personal delivery
to such owner, by United States mail directed to the last known address
of such person or person, as shown in the real estate registry records
of the Municipality, or by leaving the same on the premises where
such violation occurs.
If such person shall, within seven days after delivery, mailing or leaving of such notice, pay to the Treasurer of the Municipality the sum of $50 for the violation, the same will constitute full satisfaction for the violation noted in said notice. The failure of such person to make payment, as aforesaid, within seven days, shall render such owner subject to the penalties as provided in Subsection f. above.
