[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Margate City 7-22-1976 as Ch. 68 of the 1976 Code;
amended in its entirety 7-5-2018 by Ord. No. 14-2018. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to require the clear display
of house numbers from public streets for all properties that contain
principal buildings within the City of Margate City in order to assist
the general public or the authorities in identifying any property
in case of an emergency, as well as for the welfare of the general
public in conducting their normal affairs, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:67-1
et seq.
All dwelling houses, stores or other buildings erected within
the City of Margate City shall display numbers in conformity with
the street numbers of the City of Margate City as they appear on file
in the office of the Tax Assessor of the City of Margate City.
Said street numbers shall be assigned and allotted to the owners
of said lands by the Tax Assessor of the City or by such other person
as may be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners. When assignment of a number takes place, all persons
shall take due notice thereof and shall comply with the provisions
of this chapter. Said Tax Assessor, or such other person as may be
designated, shall also have the power and duty of correcting any errors
with respect to assignment of said street numbers if and when they
are discovered.
Every owner or occupant of said lands shall apply to the Tax
Assessor, who shall furnish them with the correct street number assigned
thereto.
The Tax Assessor shall be responsible for assigning proper number
sequences to each lot which is created as the result of a subdivision
or resubdivision. Said number shall be in proper municipal sequence
in relation to the number assigned to other lots fronting on the same
street and shall be properly recorded on the Tax Map of the City.
In order to comply with this chapter and with Section R319 of
the International Residential Code 2015, New Jersey, house numbers
shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of four inches,
with a stroke width of not less than 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) and shall
be mounted in a secure fashion to the building's front wall or
to a porch or other fixed appurtenance in front of the 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 shall be otherwise
separately mounted in an approved manner upon the face of a wall or
upon a post in the front yard of the premises. Auxiliary numbers shall
be mounted at a height between four feet and 10 feet upon the adjacent
grade or exterior landing beneath, but never higher than 15 feet above
the adjoining grade. They shall be sufficiently legible and placed
in a position that is visible from the street or road fronting the
property. Address identification characters shall contrast with their
background and have arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity of integers
so that the numbers may be read with ease during daylight hours by
a person possessing at least 20/40 vision if he views the numbers
from the center line of the abutting street. 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. Where access is by means of a private road and
the building address cannot be viewed from the public way, a monument,
pole or other sign or means shall be used to identify the structure.
The final authority for determining and assigning the number or numbers to be used upon any particular property, as well as the enforcement of this chapter, shall be the office of the Tax Assessor of the City of Margate City, his agent or employee, or such other person as is provided for in § 95-3 of this chapter.
The absence of house numbers, the insecure fastening or absence
of any integers thereof, the use of any number not assigned by the
Tax Assessor, the attempt to comply by using the numbers on or attached
to a mailbox or the failure of a number to meet the elevation requirement
or the visibility requirement shall be considered a violation of this
chapter. Failure on the part of the property owner to comply with
the provisions of this chapter within a period of 15 days from the
date of issuance of a notice of violation shall be sufficient cause
for the Tax Assessor or his designated representative to proceed with
carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and, upon conviction
thereof, the person shall be fined not more than $25, at the discretion
of the Judge. Certificates of occupation shall not be issued without
the address numbers as specified above.
