This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to
as the "House or Building Numbering Ordinance of the Township of Bordentown."
The Township Committee hereby adopts the following provisions
with respect to house or building numbering in the Township of Bordentown.
The purpose of these regulations is to require the clear display
of authorized and assigned house or building numbers on every building
fronting on any street in the Township of Bordentown in order to assist
the general public and emergency services, public and private, in
identifying any property in case of emergency or otherwise.
All residential, commercial, industrial or other structures
erected or to be erected within the Township of Bordentown shall display
identification numbers as provided herein and in accordance with specifications
provided herein.
House or building numbers shall be determined and assigned by
the Chief of Police or designee of the Township of Bordentown, who
shall also serve as the Municipal 9-1-1 Coordinator for the Township
of Bordentown. The owner of any structure requiring a house or building
number for which structure a number has not been assigned as of the
effective date of this chapter will be notified by the Township when
the designated number is assigned to the structure.
The owner, occupant or lessee of each and every structure which
now fronts or which may hereafter front upon any public or private
street within the Township of Bordentown who has been assigned a house
or building number prior to the effective date of this chapter shall,
at the owner's, occupant's or lessee's own expense, within 30 days
after the effective date of this chapter, cause the authorized and
assigned number of the structure to be permanently and conspicuously
placed in accordance with the specifications set forth herein. Any
owner who has not been assigned a number prior to the effective date
of this chapter shall, within 30 days after notice of assignment of
the number, comply with the requirements of this section.
House or building numbers shall be:
B. A minimum height of three inches
for residential properties and a minimum height of six inches for
commercial and industrial properties.
C. Mounted in a secure fashion to
the front wall or porch of the building so as to be clearly visible
from the street.
D. Sufficiently legible as to contrasting
background, arrangement, spacing and uniformity so as to be clearly
visible from the street.
E. At least 30 inches above ground
level and so placed that trees, shrubs and other obstructions do not
block the line of sight of the numbers from the street upon which
the building fronts.
If numbers affixed to the front of the building would not be
easily visible from the street, regulations may be satisfied if the
owner, occupant or lessee shall provide the Arabic numbers, as required
by these regulations, upon a post, rod or other type of fixture of
substantial nature or a mailbox at or near the frontage with the same
number affixed thereon and so located upon the same, so that the number
may be conspicuous and visible from the street upon which the building
fronts. When the provisions of this section have been complied with,
the owner, occupant or lessee of the house or building shall not be
otherwise obligated to affix Arabic numbers to the house or building
and shall be permitted, at owner's, occupant's or lessee's option, to utilize cursive numbers
or no numbers at all upon the house or building.
Garden apartment and townhouse condominium complexes shall provide
the building and apartment numbers as are provided for in the regulations.
Any structure erected, repaired, altered or modified after the
effective date of this chapter shall have the certificate of occupancy
withheld until it is assigned a house or building number and the number
is affixed to the structure in accordance with this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or persons convicted of a violation of these regulations shall be liable to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Bordentown, the punishment to be levied at the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. Each day that the violation occurs shall be deemed to be a separate violation.