[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Avondale 1-21-1997 by Ord. No.
174. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter applies to all principal buildings within the Borough
of Avondale, Chester County, and each tract, lot or parcel of land.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental
to that of the principal building and is used for an accessory use
and is located on the same lot.
Any building or structure, except an accessory building,
erected on a tract, lot or parcel of land on which any use is carried
out, a dwelling, place of business or industry, or any other use requiring
a location identity.
A.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each building, tract,
lot or parcel of land, placed on file in the Borough office and assigned
to the owners or occupants of such buildings, tract, lot or parcel
of land by the 911 Coordinator or by such other person as may be designated
by resolution of the Borough Council. Once assigned, all such properties
shall be designated for all purposes by the number assigned, and thereafter
all persons shall take due notice thereof and comply with the provisions
of this chapter, when applicable.
B.
The 911 Coordinator, or such other person as may be designated, shall
have the power and duty to correct any errors with respect to assignment
of street address numbers, as and when such errors are discovered.
The Borough Council may change numbers assigned to any property whenever
it may deem such a change necessary and desirable, and require the
owner or the occupant thereof to comply with the provisions of the
chapter with respect to such change.
The owner or occupant of each tract, lot or parcel of land to
which no street address number has previously been assigned shall,
upon purchase, acquisition or occupancy thereof or within seven days
of discovery that no such number has been assigned, make application
to the 911 Coordinator or his designated agent for assignment of such
number, and thereon the 911 Coordinator shall assign a correct street
address number to the property.
A.
The 911 Coordinator shall be responsible for assigning proper street
address number sequences to each lot which is created as a result
of a subdivision or resubdivision; said number shall be in proper
municipal sequence in relation to the number assigned to other lots
fronting on the same street and shall be properly recorded on the
subdivision plan and Borough file.
B.
When the assignments required under Subsection A hereof have been completed and signed by the 911 Coordinator, they shall be appended to the final subdivision plan and thereby incorporated therein by reference. No subdivider shall sell or convey any lot or dwelling unit or other building or structure upon said lot or lease or otherwise permit the use and occupancy thereof without first complying with all of the terms of this chapter.
C.
The requirements for application for street address number and display
thereof shall be a condition precedent to the submission of any applications
for certificate of occupancy.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In order to comply with this chapter, street address numbers
shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum heights of four inches
and shall be mounted in a secure fashion by one or more of the approved
manners. The numbers shall be sufficiently legible as to contrasting
background, arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity of numerals
so that the numbers may read with ease during daylight hours by a
person possessing normal vision if he views the number from center
line of the facing street. The numbers shall be so placed that trees,
shrubs and other obstructions do not block the line of sight of the
numbers from the center of the street to any appreciable degree. Auxiliary
numbers shall be mounted at a height between four feet and 10 feet
upon the adjacent grade or exterior landing beneath, but never higher
than 15 feet above adjoining grade.
A.
Occupancies with mailboxes at the ends of driveways shall display
numbers on both sides of the mailbox or support post. When mailboxes
are placed on the opposite side of the facing street from the occupancy,
auxiliary numbers shall be provided in addition to the mailbox numbers.
When two or more mailboxes are placed side by side together in a row,
then numbers shall be placed on the fronts of mailboxes.
B.
Occupancies without mailboxes at the end of driveways shall place
numbers in the general vicinity of the main entrance or path of travel
which leads to the main entrance and shall be visible from the center
line of the facing street.
C.
Those occupancies with no mailboxes which are built down long driveways
or occupancies not visible from the street shall have a marker or
post of noticeable size placed at the driveway entrance. If more than
one occupancy shares the driveway, then each occupancy shall be so
numbered. Occupancies with shared driveways shall also display auxiliary
numbers at or near the main entrance of the structure according to
specifications herein.
A.
The absence of street numbers, or the insecure fastening or absence
of any numeral thereof, or the use of any street address number not
assigned by the 911 Coordinator, or the failure of a street address
number to meet the elevation requirements or the visibility requirements
shall be a violation of the chapter. Upon discovery of such violation,
a notice of violation shall be sent by certified mail to the property
owner or occupant, or shall be posted in a prominent place upon the
property by the 911 Coordinator or his agent, or shall be personally
served on the property owner or occupant or his agent. Such notice
shall require compliance with the provision of this chapter within
15 days from the service or posting of the notice of violation.
B.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the notice of violation
and who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter before any Magisterial District Justice of the county
shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a
fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon
judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings
by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed
and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the
county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each
section of this chapter that is violated shall constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Chester County.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Every violator of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
guilty of a separate offense for each and every day such violation
shall continue and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this
section for each and every such offense.
D.
After the issuance by the 911 Coordinator of a notice of violation
of the provisions of the chapter and the posting of such notice of
violation on the premises, each day such violation shall continue
shall be deemed a separate offense subject to a like fine and penalty.
The final authority for determining and assigning the street number or numbers to be used upon any particular property, as well as the enforcement of this chapter, shall be in the office of the 911 Coordinator, his agent or such other person as provided for in § 288-3 of this chapter.
