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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 10:26:02
Document Index: 225036232

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 83', '§ 83', 'Art. 7', '§ 83']

Township of Tredyffrin, PA Buildings, Numbering of
§ 83-1 Applicability.
§ 83-3 Assignment of numbers.
§ 83-4 Application for street address number.
§ 83-5 Specifications.
§ 83-7 Authority and enforcement.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Tredyffrin 9-24-1990 by Ord. No. HR-156 (Ch. VI, Art. 7, of the 1979 General Laws of the Municipality of Tredyffrin). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The provisions of this chapter apply to all principal buildings within Tredyffrin Township and each tract, lot or parcel of land.
The owner or occupant of each tract, lot or parcel of land to which no street address number has been previously 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 Manager for assignment of such number, and thereupon, the Township Manager shall assign a correct street address number to the property.
In order to comply with this chapter, street address numbers shall be posted by such owner or occupant as follows:
The address numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of three inches and shall be mounted 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 otherwise separately mounted in an approved manner upon the face or wall or upon a post or mailbox in the front yard of the premises. They 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 and viewing the numbers from the center line of the facing street. To ensure readability after daylight hours, street address numbers shall be made or coated with material which is light reflective. 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.
Auxiliary numbers shall meet the above specifications except that they should be readable from the center line of adjacent driveways.
The absence of street or auxiliary numbers or the insecure fastening or absence of any integers thereof or the use of any street address number not assigned by the Township Manager or the failure of a street address number to meet the visibility requirements shall be a violation; a notice of violation shall be sent by certified mail to the property owner or occupant or shall be served personally on the property owner or occupant or his agent or shall be posted in a prominent place upon the property by the Township Manager, his agent or the township police. Such notice shall specify the specific provision of the chapter violated and shall require compliance with the provisions of this chapter within 15 days from the date of service or posting of the notice of violation.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the notice of violation and any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, shall pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the township in the enforcement of this chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the District Justice and/or Court. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.[1]
Every violator of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day such violation shall continue and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this chapter for each and every such offense.
The final authority for determining and assigning the street number or numbers to be used upon any particular property, as well as the enforcement of this chapter, shall be in the office of the Township Manager, his agent or such other person as provided for in § 83-3 of this chapter.