[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Ridley as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-19-1975 as Ch. 88 of the 1975 Code]
The Planning Commission of the Township of Ridley is directed to prepare
a plan of all roads, streets, highways and alleys in the Township of Ridley,
showing the subdivision of all lots adjacent thereto within the Township,
and to indicate on said plan a system for numbering all buildings now erected
or to be erected facing such roads, streets, highways or alleys.
When said maps and plans have been completed and approved by the Board
of Commissioners of Ridley Township, the Township Secretary shall cause 50
notices to be printed and posted in conspicuous places in the Township. Said
notice shall state that owners of all building facing such roads, streets,
highways or alleys within the Township of Ridley shall, on or before a certain
date (which date shall not be less than 30 days after the posting of said
notices), apply to the Township Secretary and obtain the proper number or
numbers for his, her, its or their building or buildings and shall cause such
numbers to be displayed on the front of such building or buildings in figures
of not less than 2 1/2 inches in height and at least three feet above
the level of the ground at the building line and in such a position that the
same will always be visible from the sidewalk or curbline.
Every owner of any building or buildings now erected and facing any
road, street, highway or alley within the Township of Ridley shall, within
the time specified in the aforesaid notice, comply with the requirements concerning
the numbering of said building or buildings as set forth in the said notice.
Every owner or owners of any building or buildings in the process of construction,
and every owner or owners of any building or buildings hereafter erected facing
any road, street, highway or alley within the limits of Ridley Township, Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, shall comply with the requirements for numbering buildings
as set forth in this article within 30 days after the completion of any such
building or buildings.
The Secretary of the Township is hereby directed to furnish all applicants
for a building permit with the proper number or numbers to be displayed on
the building or buildings in accordance with the requirements of this article,
at the time such building permit is issued.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to
exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
[Adopted 10-26-1994 by Ord. No. 1723]
For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the followings
meanings:
Any structure which is divided into four or more residential units,
including condominiums.
A property which contains two or more apartment buildings.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company
or organization who has title to an apartment building or apartment complex.
A.
Every owner of an apartment building or apartment complex
shall be responsible for displaying the proper street address numbers on the
side of their buildings facing the street or a central parking lot, as well
as any central access door to each individual building. This excludes buildings
which are attached which need only display the street address in one, centrally
located and unobstructed location.
B.
In addition, each individual unit within an apartment
complex shall be clearly numbered and/or lettered for identification purposes.
C.
All numbers and/or letters displayed on apartment buildings
shall be in figures not less than five inches in height and not less than
three feet above the level of the ground at the building line.
D.
All numbers and/or letters shall be displayed in such
a manner so that they are clearly visible from the street or central parking
lot or central access door at all times and are not obstructed in any way.
E.
All numbers and/or letters displayed pursuant to this
article shall be illuminated at all times between sunset and sunrise.
Any owner found to be in violation of any part of this article shall,
upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of
such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days.
