The provisions of this chapter apply to all principal buildings within
Thornbury Township and each tract, lot or parcel of land.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
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.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
Any building or structure erected on a tract, lot or parcel of land
on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building.
The owner or occupant of each property to which no street address or
suite number has previously been 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 Secretary or a designated
agent for assignment of such number and, thereupon, the Township Secretary
shall assign a correct street address or suite number to the property.
The Township Secretary shall be responsible for assigning proper street
address and suite number sequences to each individual property which is created
as the result of a subdivision or resubdivision. Said number shall be in proper
numerical sequence in relation to the numbers assigned to other properties
fronting on the same street and shall be properly recorded on the subdivision
plan and the township file.
In order to comply with this chapter, every owner or occupant of a tract,
lot or parcel of land on which there is located a principal building shall
display street address numbers which shall be Arabic in design, shall have
a minimum height of three inches and shall be attached 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 attached separately in an approved manner upon a post or mailbox in the
front yard of the premises. Suite numbers shall be similarly designed and
attached to the principal door leading into that individual unit. All exterior
numbers 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 if that person
views the numbers from the center line of the facing street.
A. The numbers must be displayed so that they are visible
from both directions of approach, which may require numbering for both sides
of the mailbox or numbering displayed on a post facing the street.
B. 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.
Either the Township Secretary or the Township Code Enforcement Officer,
or either of their designees, shall have the authority to enforce this chapter.