Borough of Chatham, NJ Chapter 188 Numbering of Buildings

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Chatham 5-2-1921 (Ch. 103 of the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 188-1 Numbering required; size of figures.

The owner or owners, occupant or occupants of each and every dwelling house, store or other building which now fronts or may hereafter front upon any of the streets or public places within the Borough shall cause the same to be properly numbered in accordance with the directions and requirements of this chapter, the numbers to be in figures of at least three inches in height, placed respectively on the front of each dwelling house, store or other building.

§ 188-2 Reference to tax maps required.

For the proper numbering of the said dwelling houses, stores and other buildings, reference shall be made to the tax maps of the Borough now on file in the office of the Clerk of the Borough.

§ 188-3 Resolution of difficulties in interpreting maps.

In case of doubt or of difficulty in applying the plan as indicated on the said maps to the numbering of any dwelling house, store or other building, application shall be made to the Mayor and Street Committee of the Council, a majority of whom are hereby given full power and authority to settle and adjust the same, their said determination to be final, to be reduced to writing and filed, with the Borough Clerk.

§ 188-4 Numbering of buildings not on map.

The numbering of the dwelling houses, stores and other buildings now fronting or which may hereafter be built and front on any street at present existing and not provided for on said maps, or that may front on any street hereafter to exist within the Borough, shall be done in such manner as the Mayor and Street Committee of this Council, or a majority thereof, shall in writing order and direct, which written order, signed by the officials consenting thereto, and any sketches in connection therewith, shall be filed in the office of the Borough.

§ 188-5 Time limit for numbering.

All dwelling houses, stores and other buildings within the Borough located on streets plotted on the said map shall be numbered pursuant hereto within three months from the final passage of this chapter. All such dwelling houses, stores and other buildings hereafter to be built and erected, fronting on said streets, shall be so numbered within a like period after becoming fit for occupancy, and all such buildings located or to be located on streets not now or at the time of their completion plotted on said map shall be numbered within a like period after the filing of the written order provided for in § 188-4 hereof.

§ 188-6 Construal of provisions.

This chapter shall not be deemed or construed in any way to be an acceptance by the said Borough as a public street of any road, street or highway denoted on the tax maps which has not heretofore been recognized and acknowledged by its authorities so to be.

§ 188-7 Violations and penalties.

Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-14. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.