[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Allamuchy 7-5-1990 by Ord. No. 15-90 (Ch. 60 of the 1981
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 120.
There is hereby established a numbering system for buildings
in the Township of Allamuchy in accordance with the maps so numbered
and filed in the office of the Township Clerk.
It is hereby declared unlawful to use any new number on any
building unless it is a number designated for use on maps for that
particular location of any building.
Any person now the owner of any interest in a building or who
may hereafter acquire any such interest is hereby charged with the
obligation to change any number or numbers now in use on any such
building if inconsistent with the numbering system hereby established
as contained on such maps. Such obligation shall continue as long
as such ownership interest continues to exist, and it is hereby declared
unlawful to use any number inconsistent with the system and maps if
such use is continued for a period of 60 days following the notification
as hereafter described.
It shall be the duty of the property owner to know on which
lot the subject building to be numbered is located, and that person
shall use the appropriate number thereof. In case of conflict as to
the proper number to be assigned to any building, the Township Assessor
shall determine the number of such building and this decision shall
be final. The mailed notice shall include an acknowledgment card to
be returned to the Tax Assessor's office by the owner as his
acknowledgment and notice of compliance with this section.
Whenever any house, building or structure shall be erected or
located in the Township after the establishment of the numbering system,
in accordance with the maps described, in order to preserve the continuity
and uniformity of numbers of the houses, buildings and structures,
it shall be the duty of the owner to procure the correct number as
designated from the office of the Township Tax Assessor for the property
and to immediately fasten the number so assigned upon the building
as provided by this section. No building permit shall be issued for
any house, building or structure until the owner has procured from
the office of the Township Tax Assessor the official number of the
house, building or structure. Final approval of any structure erected,
repaired, altered or modified after June 1, 1990, shall be withheld
by the inspector until permanent and proper numbers have been affixed
to such structure.
The numbering of future streets shall begin at the base line
or origin and allowance made for future extension. These numbers shall
be assigned on the basis of one numeral notation per 150 feet of street
frontage. The entrance of the building or appropriate building center
shall assume the corresponding number closest to the numbered station
for the whole building. In general, the following basic rules shall
apply:
A.
For all streets that intersect U.S. Highway Route 80, those streets
running north of Route 80 shall be assigned even numbers on the easterly
side of the street and odd numbers on the westerly side of the street.
Those streets running south of Route 80 shall be assigned even numbers
on the westerly side of the street and odd numbers on the easterly
side of the street. For all streets that do not intersect U.S. Highway
Route 80, numbering shall start from the closer point by traveled
road to Route 80, and from that point, even numbers shall be assigned
to the left-hand side from that beginning point and odd numbers to
the right-hand side of the street.
B.
For all streets running in a westerly or easterly direction, even
numbers shall be assigned to the north side of the street and odd
numbers to the south side.
C.
For all streets running in a northerly or southerly direction, even
numbers shall be assigned to the east side of the street and odd numbers
to the west side.
The numbers shall be a minimum of three inches in height, clearly
visible from the street and located below the outside light or more
permanent place, if any. House numbers shall be procured and affixed
at the homeowner's expense.
The Council at any time may, by resolution, change, rename or
name any street within the limits of the Township.
The owner or occupant of any building who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter within three months after notice is given such owner or occupant of the number assigned to the building shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Township Code.
The enforcing person shall be the Zoning Officer or his deputy.
