[HISTORY: Adopted by the Governing Body of
the Borough of Allendale 12-28-1967 as Ch. 12 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All houses and other buildings on streets, avenues
and roads shall be properly numbered.
In numbering said houses and other buildings,
there shall be allowed 20 feet front on each of said streets, avenues
and roads for a number, and the even numbers shall be on the right-hand
side and the odd numbers shall be on the left-hand side.
The owner or occupant of every house or building
in said Borough shall be notified, in writing, by the Clerk of the
proper number of such house or building.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant
of every house or building in said Borough to display the street number
of such house or building and to keep and maintain the same at his
or her expense, in good, legible condition, in a conspicuous place
upon the front of such house or building, and the size of the digits
shall not be less than four inches.
A.
Any such person or persons aforesaid who shall fail
to properly display the number of any such house or building in said
Borough or fail to repair or renew such number when required so to
do by the provisions of this chapter, after 30 days' notice in writing
from the Borough Clerk that such number shall be displayed or is in
need of repair or renewal, shall be subject to a penalty of $5.
B.
All fines imposed under this chapter are for revenue.
The provisions of this chapter regarding the
system of numbering shall apply as the Mayor and Council shall from
time to time direct by resolution.
