[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
East Whiteland 5-12-1980 by Ord. No. 63-80. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall apply to all principal buildings within the Township
of East Whiteland 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 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.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each tract, lot or parcel
of land within the Township. They shall be placed on file in the Township
Office, and assigned to the owners or occupants of such tract, lot or parcel
of land by the Township Manager or by his designated representative. Thereafter,
such property shall be designated for all purposes by the number assigned
and all persons shall take due notice thereof and comply with the provisions
of this chapter, when applicable. The Board of Supervisors shall have the
right and power to change a street address number or numbers assigned to any
property whenever it may deem such a change necessary and desirable, and require
the owner or occupant thereof to comply with the provisions of this 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 been previously 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 Manager, or
his designated representative, for assignment of such number, and thereupon,
the Township Manager shall assign a correct street address number to the property.
The Township Manager shall be responsible for assigning proper street
address numbers sequences to each lot which is created as the result of a
subdivision or resubdivision. Said number shall be in proper numerical sequence
in relation to the number assigned to the other lots fronting on the same
street and shall be properly recorded on the subdivision plan and the Township
file.
In order to comply with this chapter, street numbers shall be Arabic
in design, shall have a minimum height of three inches and shall be mounted
in a secure fashion to the principal building's front wall or to a porch or
other fixed appurtenance in front of the principal building in the general
vicinity of the main entryway or main path of travel which leads to the main
entrance from a public street, or otherwise separately mounted in an approved
manner upon the face or wall or upon a post or mailbox in the front yard of
the premises. The numbers shall be sufficiently legible as to contrasting
background, arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity of integers so that
the numbers may be read during daylight hours by a person possessing normal
vision if he 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.
A.
The absence of street numbers, or the insecure fastening
or absence of any parts thereof, or the use of any street address number not
assigned by the Township Manager, or the failure of a street address number
to meet the elevation requirement or the visibility requirements, shall be
a violation of this 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 served personally on the property owner or occupant, or his agent,
or shall be posted in a prominent place upon the property by the Township
Manager, his agent or the Township police. Such notice shall state the specific
provision of the ordinance violated and shall require compliance with the
provisions of this chapter within 15 days from the date of service or posting
of the notice of violation.
B.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the notice of
violation shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township before a District Justice, pay a fine for each such
violation in an amount not less than $100 and not more than $600, plus all
court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township.
No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of a violation
by the District Justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals
the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable
rules of civil procedure.[1]
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.
