[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995]
This part applies to all principal buildings within the township and each tract, lot or parcel of land.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995]
As used in this part, 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 erected on a tract, lot or parcel of land on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building. Including a dwelling, place of business or industry, or any other use requiring a location identity.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/995; Ord. No. 167, 4/6/2011]
1.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each building, tract, lot or parcel of land, placed on file in the township office and assigned to the owners or occupants of such buildings, tract, lot or parcel of land by the township. 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 part, when applicable.
2.
The township 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 board of supervisors may alter, change or modify the 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 this part with respect to such change.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995; Ord. No. 167, 4/6/2011]
1.
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 township for assignment of such number, and thereon the township coordinator shall assign a correct street address number to the property.
2.
It shall be a landlord's responsibility to comply as to the fixing of the numbers on their buildings/units in compliance with this part. No later than June 1 of each year, all landlords within the township shall notify the township zoning officer of all tenants or occupants in their buildings/units and shall also notify those tenants or occupants as to their address.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995; Ord. No. 167, 4/6/2011]
1.
The township 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 numbers 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 the township file.
2.
When the assignments required under Subsection 1 thereof has been completed and signed by the township, 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 part.
3.
The requirements for application for street address number and display thereof shall be a condition precedent to the submission of any applications for a certificate of occupancy.
4.
Houses, buildings or structures located on named roads not owned and maintained by the township (dedicated) are required to post the name of the road in a legible and visible manner so that it may be seen by emergency personnel. The township must be informed of such road names.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995; Ord. No. 167, 4/6/2011]
1.
In order to comply with this part, street address numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of four inches, a minimum stroke width of 1/2 inch, and a maximum height of five 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 be read with ease during daylight hours by a person possessing normal vision, if he/she views the numbers from the 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.
2.
Approved manners.
A.
Occupancies with mailboxes at the end 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 placed 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 the 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.
3.
Occupancies with shared driveways shall also display auxiliary numbers at or near the main entrance of the structure according to specifications herein.
[Ord. No. 75, 11/1/1995; Ord. No. 167, 4/6/2011]
1.
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 township coordinator, or the failure of a street address number to meet the elevation requirements or the visibility requirements shall be a violation of this part. Upon discovery of such violation, a notice of violation shall be sent by certified mail to the property or occupant, or shall be posted in a prominent place upon the property by the township coordinator or his/her agent, or shall be personally served on the property owner or occupant or his agent. Such notice shall specify the specific provision of this part violated and shall require compliance with the provisions of this part within 15 days from the service or posting of the notice of violation.
2.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate a provision of this part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses, under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this part continues or each section of this part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
3.
Every violator of the provisions of this part 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.
4.
After the issuance by the township coordinator or his/ her agent of a notice of violation of the provisions of this part, and the posting of such notice of violation on the premises, each day such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense subject of a like fine and penalty.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
As used in this part, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical or electrical, arranged to signal the occurrence of any emergency requiring the response of emergency personnel and to which they are expected to respond.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind, as well as the partners, officers, managers, trustees and directors of any of the foregoing, in control of any building, structure or facility within which an alarm system is maintained.
Any township employee, State police officer, police officer of any other local municipality, special police, fire police, personnel of a volunteer fire company, whether or not compensated, ambulance drivers and medical personnel and any other persons, be they township, municipal or governmental employees or volunteers or paid personnel associated with volunteer groups which respond to emergencies.
An alarm signal from an alarm system soliciting a response by emergency personnel when a situation requiring such response does not, in fact, exist.
The Township of London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
The board of supervisors of the township has declared and does hereby declare that a false alarm, as hereinabove defined, from the misuse or malfunction of an alarm system, is a public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
If, at the time of arrival of emergency personnel or while they are upon the premises in response to a call requested by an alarm system, it shall become apparent upon investigation that there does not then exist a condition upon the premises for which such response by emergency personnel would be required and there are no signs upon the premises such as signs of forcible entry or attempt thereof or signs of fire or such cause, which are the types of emergencies or conditions for which the alarm system is designed to call for such assistance, then and in such event there shall be a presumption that the alarm was a false alarm, and the burden shall be upon the alarm user to prove that the alarm was not a false alarm, as herein defined. Notice of each false alarm shall be provided to the owner of the premises by the township fire marshal.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
1.
It shall be a violation of this section for any alarm user to cause or permit a false alarm to occur upon a premises owned or controlled by such alarm user.
2.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises and all persons, entities, firms and corporations installing such systems within the township to prevent the transmission of false alarms through a program of training and periodic inspection and maintenance of the system. The maximum permissible number of false alarms from any one location or facility shall be as follows:
3.
False alarms in excess of these standards shall be considered in violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
1.
Violation of any provision of this part shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. Such fine and costs shall be collectible before any magisterial district judge as like fines and penalties are now by law collectible. Each twenty-four-hour period during which failure to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 182, 3/5/2014]
This part shall be administered and enforced by the township fire marshal.