[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Abington 3-8-1945 by Ord. No. 536. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 146.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant
of every house or other building in the Township of Abington to cause
the same to be numbered in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter. The Township Engineer is authorized and directed to assign
numbers to all houses and other buildings in the township, in conformity
with the Master Plan for such numbering approved by the Board of Township
Commissioners and on file in the office of the Township Secretary.
[Amended 5-14-2009 by Ord. No. 1979]
All commercial and multifamily occupancy buildings
are required to display the numeric street address and English name
of the establishment at both the front and rear of the building. In
buildings with internal service corridors, all doors in the corridors
shall be marked with the establishment name and number or description
of the use of the area serviced by the door or unit number.
Any person, firm or corporation which shall
number any house or building contrary to the provisions of this chapter
or to the instructions of the Township Engineer, or which shall fail,
neglect or refuse to number a house or building within 30 days after
receipt of notice to do so from the Township Engineer, shall be subject
to prosecution before a District Justice and, upon conviction, shall
be sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and a fine not to exceed
$10.
