The owner or occupant of every dwelling house,
store, office building or other building or structure, which now fronts
or may hereafter front upon any public street within the Township
of Union, shall cause the street number assigned to the property upon
which said dwelling house, store, office building or other building
or structure is erected to be placed in digital figures as outlined
below:
A. Dwellings. Street
numbers shall be placed in digital figures of at least three inches
in height within two feet of the main entrance of said structure facing
the street.
B. Commercial and
industrial. Street numbers shall be placed in digital figures of at
least six inches in height within two feet of the main entrance or
on the door.
C. Where there is
more than one occupant in the same numbered building, each street
level occupant is to have an alphabetical designation included in
the street address.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
Street number assignments shall be made by the
Tax Assessor.
The enforcement of this chapter shall be vested
in the Bureau of Fire Prevention, the Police Department and the Construction
Code Official of the Township of Union.
[Amended 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3879; 12-13-1988 by Ord. No.
3998; 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation violating the
terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to
one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in
any other place provided by the municipality for the detention of
prisoners for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding
$2,000 or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days,
to become effective on the effective date of this section.