[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Freehold 10-16-1972 (§ 16-3 of the Revised
General Ordinances), as amended through Ord. No. O-85-13. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all houses and dwellings, stores and business places,
and other buildings, which front upon any street in the Township.
The Engineer shall insert upon the Tax Maps
of the Township all of the properties which now or hereafter front
upon any street and indicate a number therefor as assigned by the
Building Inspector.
[Amended 12-22-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-36; 2-22-2011 by Ord. No.
O-11-3]
A.
All buildings
now or hereafter erected within the Township shall bear, in Arabic
figures, the street number assigned to the building by the Construction
Official. Such figures shall be displayed by the owner or occupant
on the front of the building or in the front yard in numerals in contrasting
colors to the background upon which the numerals are mounted, at or
near the front entrance to the building, or such other visible location
as approved by the Code Enforcement Officer or Fire Marshal of the
Township, and so located as to be visible to persons passing by the
building or premises on the abutting street. In the case of manufactured/mobile
homes, the house number shall be either displayed as required above
or displayed so that it is clearly distinguishable from the street
on a mailbox located at the sidewalk.
B.
Numerals
on residential buildings shall be at least six inches in height.
C.
Numerals
on commercial, office, industrial and other nonresidential buildings
shall be at least 12 inches in height. Numerals on buildings set back
100 feet or more from the right-of-way shall be at least 18 inches
in height. A street number, a minimum of 12 inches in height, shall
be placed on the top of all main shopping center signs.
Upon completion of the plotting upon the Tax
Maps of the Township of the numbers assigned to all lots and buildings
on any particular street, the Engineer shall file a copy thereof with
the Township Clerk.
Upon any subdivision or resubdivision of land
in the Township resulting in a lot or lots other than those delineated
on the map, the inspector shall assign a number to each lot resulting
from the subdivision or resubdivision, which shall be in proper numerical
sequence in relation to the number assigned to the other lots fronting
on the same street, and the Engineer shall record the new numbers
on the map within 10 days of the filing of the approval given for
such subdivision or resubdivision of land.
No subdivision or resubdivision, major or minor,
of land requiring approval by the Planning Board shall be approved
by it unless a number is assigned to each lot for the building erected
or to be erected on it.
No certificate of occupancy, or continued certificate
of occupancy, shall be issued by the Building Inspector or anyone
in his department for the occupancy of any building hereinafter erected
or enlarged unless the provisions of this chapter have been complied
with.
