[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Tredyffrin 9-24-1990 by Ord. No. HR-156 (Ch. VI, Art. 7, of the 1979 General
Laws of the Municipality of Tredyffrin). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The provisions of this chapter apply to all principal buildings within
Tredyffrin Township 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 number, other than the principal street address, used to identify
either component buildings comprising a principal use at a site or separate
entrances to a multi-tenant facility.
Any building or structure erected on a tract, lot or parcel of land
on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building.
A.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each tract,
lot or parcel of land, 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 such other person as may be designated by the Manager. Then
such property shall thereafter 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 Township Manager or such other person as may be designated
shall have the power and duty of correcting any errors with respect to assignment
of street address numbers, as and when such errors are discovered. 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 to 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 for
assignment of such number, and thereupon, the Township Manager shall assign
a correct street address number to the property.
In order to comply with this chapter, street address numbers shall be
posted by such owner or occupant as follows:
A.
The address 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. They shall be
sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangement, spacing, size
and uniformity of integers so that the numbers may be read with ease during
daylight hours by a person possessing normal vision and viewing the numbers
from the center line of the facing street. To ensure readability after daylight
hours, street address numbers shall be made or coated with material which
is light reflective. 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.
B.
Auxiliary numbers shall meet the above specifications
except that they should be readable from the center line of adjacent driveways.
A.
The absence of street or auxiliary numbers or the insecure
fastening or absence of any integers 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 visibility requirements shall be a 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 specify the specific
provision of the chapter 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 and any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter,
upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, shall
pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorney's fees, incurred by the township in the enforcement of this chapter.
No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation
by the District Justice and/or Court. If the defendant neither pays nor timely
appeals the judgment, the township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the
applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the township
are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce
compliance herewith.[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 chapter
for each and every such offense.
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 Township Manager, his agent or such other person as provided for in § 83-3 of this chapter.