[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Prospect Park 2-10-1932 as Ord. No. 448, approved 2-11-1932. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-8-1944 by Ord. No. 589, approved 3-8-1944]
The plan prepared by Damon & Foster, Engineers,
dated March 8, 1944, showing the number blocks and building numbers
in the Borough of Prospect Park, is hereby adopted as the Official
Borough Plan of Building Numbering and shall be on file in the Council
Chamber for inspection by the public.
[Amended 3-8-1944 by Ord. No. 589, approved 3-8-1944]
The following regulations are hereby prescribed
for the numbering of buildings within the Borough of Prospect Park:
A.
Where a new building shall be hereafter constructed
on a vacant lot, it shall have the number represented by the number
on the plan hereinbefore mentioned or the portion of the vacant lot
on which the major portion of such building is erected. If such new
building is erected so as to rest on equal portions of two or more
numbered plots, it shall have the highest number of such respective
numbered plots.
B.
Where a building shall be hereafter constructed in
replacement of and on the same location as a building existing at
the time of such replacement or reconstruction, such building shall
have the same number as the building it replaces.
The numbers shall be placed in a conspicuous
place on the street side of the building and may be placed on or over
each front door, on the front transom bar, front transom glass or
front show window, or over or on either side of the entrance, provided
such front door, front transom bar, transom glass, front show window
or entrance be on the street side of the building. The numbers shall
be of paint, metal or enamel and at least three inches in height,
the color of the numbers to be in contrast to the immediate background,
and shall be so placed as to be in full view from the opposite side
of the street.
A.
Within 30 days after the passage and approval of this
chapter, it shall be the duty of each and every owner, trustee, lessee,
agent and occupant of each and every house, building or other structure
in the Borough of Prospect Park to cause the same to be numbered in
accordance with this chapter and the system and plan hereby adopted
and approved.
B.
In the event of the repainting of numbered buildings,
it shall be the duty of the owner, trustee, lessee, agent and occupant
of all such numbered buildings to cause the numbers thereof to remain
in contrast to the immediate background.
Every owner of any building or buildings in
course of erection, or hereafter to be erected, shall, within 30 days
after the completion of such building or buildings, cause the proper
number or numbers, as required by this chapter, to be displayed on
such building or buildings in accordance with the chapter.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cover any number,
placed upon any building in accordance with this chapter, with any
sign, drapery or other obstruction in such manner as to conceal such
number.
B.
The occupant of every building, wherever a new number
is hereby assigned, or if such building be unoccupied, then the owner,
trustee, lessee or agent thereof, shall, within 30 days after the
passage and approval of this chapter, cause the old number to be removed
from such building.
Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon
default of payment of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term of not more than 30 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.
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Editor's Note: Amended 4-4-1977 by Ord. No.
948, approved 4-4-1977.
