[HISTORY: Adopted by the Merchantville Borough Council 5-11-1931; amended in its entirety 7-8-1991. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
All dwelling houses or other buildings fronting on any of the
streets, avenues or highways within the limits of the Borough of Merchantville
shall be numbered at the expense of the owners thereof in the manner
as hereinafter described:
A.
House and building numbers shall be:
B.
Chestnut Avenue shall be the line of beginning for the numbering
of all streets, avenues or highways crossing or entering into the
same, the numbers extending north and south therefrom, the odd numbers
to be on the east side of said streets, avenues and highways and the
even numbers to be on the west side of the same; and Centre Street
shall be the line of beginning for the numbering of all streets, avenues
or highways crossing or entering into the same, said numbers extending
east and west therefrom, the odd numbers to be on the north side of
said streets, avenues or highways and the even numbers to be on the
south side of same.
C.
All dwelling houses or other buildings fronting on the north side
of Park Avenue between its intersection with the west line of Centre
Street and the north line of Maple Avenue shall be numbered by odd
numbers commencing at No. 1 at the intersection of Centre Street and
extending consecutively to the north line of Maple Avenue.
D.
Such numbering shall be on the basis of one (1) number being allowed
to each eighteen (18) feet of frontage in the business zone of said
borough and each fifty (50) feet of frontage in the residential zones.
This chapter shall take effect upon due passage and publication
according to law.
