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Township of Montclair, NJ
Essex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Council) of the Town (now Township) of Montclair 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-12 as Art. IV of Ch. 192 of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 121.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 247.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 301.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
STREET
Any street, avenue, highway, boulevard, parkway or square.
[Amended 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-34]
The Director of Community Services, the Township Engineer or any officer in said Department delegated by the Director shall assign to every lot of land in the Township fronting upon any street a certain street number. Such street number shall be indicated upon a map or maps on file in the office of the Township Engineer.
For the purposes of this chapter, each lot shall be of such front or street dimensions as shall be indicated upon the map or maps referred to in § 104-2. Such dimensions are hereby established and fixed.
Each lot upon which a building is located shall bear, in figures or words having a minimum height of 2 1/2 inches and in such conspicuous location as to be plainly visible from a point opposite said lot distant from the property line at least 50 feet, the street number assigned to said lot as indicated upon the map or maps referred to in § 104-2.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to change the system of lot numbers as such appear upon the assessment maps and records of the Township.
[Amended 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19; 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof as determined by the Municipal Court Judge. Each day on which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal Court Judge may determine.