[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Vernon 4-26-1993 by Ord. No.
93-8. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to require the clear display
of street numbers from public streets, for all properties that contain
principal buildings within the Township of Vernon, 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.
The owners of all buildings within the Township of Vernon shall
cause to be displayed the street numbers on the tax records of the
Township of Vernon as they appear on file in the office of the Tax
Assessor of the Township of Vernon, in the manner hereinafter set
forth.
[Amended 4-27-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-08]
Street numbers shall be assigned, placed on the tax records
and allotted to the owners of said lands by the Tax Assessor of the
Township. When assignment of a number takes place, said numbers shall
be placed on the tax records of the Township of Vernon and, thereafter,
shall be applicable to the designated premises. The Tax Assessor or
such other person as may be designated shall correct any clerical
errors with respect to assignment of said street numbers, if and when
discovered.
The Tax Assessor or designee shall be responsible for assigning
appropriate street number sequences to each lot which is created as
a result of a subdivision or resubdivision. Such numbers shall be
in appropriate sequence in relation to the number assigned to other
lots facing the same street and shall be recorded on the tax records
of the Township.
The Tax Assessor or designee shall give due regard to the need
for a logical and uniform sequence of assignment along the street
and roads of the Township. To this end, numbering of a street shall
generally begin at its intersection with a more major street and shall
be numbered beginning with "one" on one side and "two" on the other.
Through streets shall be numbered in the same fashion, generally from
south to north or west to east.
In order to comply with this chapter, street numbers shall be
Arabic in design, shall be a minimum height of three inches and shall
be mounted in a secure fashion to a 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 otherwise separately
mounted upon the face of a wall or upon a post in the front yard of
the premises. They shall be mounted at a height of between four and
10 feet above the adjacent grade or exterior landing beneath, but
never higher than 15 feet above the adjoining grade. They shall be
sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangement, spacing,
size and uniformity of integers so that the numbers may be read during
daylight hours by a person possessing at least 20/40 vision when viewing
the numbers from the center line of the facing street. The numbers
shall be so placed that trees, shrubs and other obstructions do not
substantially block the line of sight of the numbers from the center
of the street.
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 enforcement official to cause a summons to issue. Upon conviction thereof, the person cited shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, § 1-19, Violations and penalties. Each day of continued failure to conform 15 days after notice to conform shall constitute a separate offense.
