[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Bradford 8-13-1991 by Ord. No. 125-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The provisions of this chapter apply to all
principal buildings within the Township of East Bradford and each
tract, lot or parcel of land.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
Any natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
sole proprietorship, firm, association and any other entity of whatever
type.
[Added 10-8-1996 by Ord. No. 3-1996;
amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 2-1997]
Any building or structure erected on a tract, lot or parcel
of land on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building.
A.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each tract,
lot or parcel of land, placed on file in the Township office and assigned
to the owners or occupants of such tract, lot or parcel of land by
the Township Engineer or by such other person as may be designated
by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Then such property shall
thereafter be designated for all purposes by the number assigned,
and thereafter all persons shall take due notice thereof and comply
with the provisions of this chapter, when applicable.
B.
The Township Engineer or such other person as may
be designated shall have the power and duty of correcting any errors
with respect to assignment of street address numbers, as and when
such errors are discovered. The Board of Supervisors shall have the
right and power to change a street address number or numbers assigned
to any property whenever it may deem such a change necessary and desirable
and to require the owner or occupant thereof to comply with the provisions
of this chapter with respect to such change.
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 Engineer or his designated agent
for assignment of such number, and thereupon the Township Engineer
shall assign a correct street address number to the property.
The Township Engineer shall be responsible for
assigning proper street address number sequences to each lot 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 lots fronting on the same street and shall be properly recorded
on the subdivision plan and the Township file.
[Amended 9-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2-2008]
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, have a minimum height of three inches
and 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 if he views the numbers from the center line of the facing
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. Every owner or occupant
of a shopping center shall also post the correct street address number
on the rear doors to each unit or business in accordance with the
specifications listed in this section.
A.
The absence of street numbers or the insecure fastening
or absence of any integers thereof or the use of any street address
number not assigned by the Township Engineer or the failure of a street
address number to meet the elevation requirement or the visibility
requirements shall be a violation of this chapter. Upon discovery
of such 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 Engineer, 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.
B.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the notice
of violation shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement
proceeding, pay a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $25,
together with court costs and reasonable attorneys fees, and may be
incarcerated for a period not exceeding 90 days. Such fine, costs,
attorney fees and incarceration, after being reduced to a final, unappealed
judgment, shall be enforced by the Township pursuant to the applicable
rules of criminal procedure.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance further provided
that "the term 'reasonable attorneys fees' shall mean all those attorneys
fees incurred by the Township in bringing an action to enforce the
Code and collect fines and penalties in connection therewith and shall
be at that hourly rate annually approved by the Board for the Township
Solicitor."
C.
Every violator of the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed liable for a separate violation for each and every day such
violation shall continue and shall be subject to the penalty imposed
by this section for each and every such violation.
[Amended 10-8-1996 by Ord. No. 3-1996; 7-8-1997 by Ord. No.
2-1997]
D.
Either the Township Engineer or the Codes Enforcement
Officer, or either of their designees, shall have the authority to
enforce this chapter.
