[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Spring Garden 7-10-1996 by Ord. No. 96-02 (Ch. 4, Part 2, of the
1994 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Every person having ownership, possession, custody, control or charge
of any building or structure shall have and maintain the established
street address number thereon upon or near each entrance from a street
of the Township or state and/or from any other public accessway in
the manner and location designated by this chapter. "Accessway" shall
include, but not be limited to, any alley, stairway, driveway or walkway.
B.
The owners and/or occupants of all establishments contained within
a multitenant commercial, office or industrial building complex which
have front and rear entrances shall cause the correct street numbers
to be placed on or adjacent to both front and rear doors. The numbers
shall comply with all other sections of this chapter.
C.
Installation, change, substitution or removal of any existing or
subsequently designated street address number shall be completed within
60 days after receipt by the owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or custodian
of such building or structure, or any person or agent in charge thereof,
of a written notice containing appropriate instructions therefor from
the Township.
D.
The general requirements of any street address number designated
by Spring Garden Township shall be as follows:
(1)
The height, width and color of numbers, figures and backgrounds and
the placement and/or lighting that identify the Township designated
street number shall be such that the number can be easily read and
understood during both daylight and nighttime hours from the edge
of the public or private street giving access to the building.
(2)
Any building not visible from the street shall have the number placed
on a post or other means of support so that the number is at least
18 inches off of the ground at the main driveway entrance or walkway
so as to be easily visible from the street. In the event that a building
is one of several located along a joint driveway or access drive,
each address number must be posted at the drive entrance from the
street, as noted above, and additionally at each individual drive
or front yard area.
(3)
Any building situated on a street corner lot shall have the number
visible from the street representing the correct mailing address assigned,
regardless of where the property driveway is located.
E.
All buildings on the west and south side of any street within the
Township shall be assigned an even number. All buildings on the east
and north side of any street within the Township shall be assigned
an odd number. Numbers shall be in numerical sequence using Market
Street as the starting point for north and south sequences and George
Street as the starting point for east and west sequences.
A.
If a property utilizes a curbside mailbox for mail delivery, said
mailbox must comply with the manufacturer's specifications under the
United States Postal Service (USPS) Standard 7 (Mailboxes, City and
Rural Curbside). The box must bear the Township designated street
address number and may bear the owner's name and the street name.
Advertising on the boxes or supports is prohibited, with the exception
of newspaper names on delivery tubes attached to mailbox supports.
B.
Curbside mailbox supports are to consist of a pole or a post that
must meet the height criteria established by the USPS. Any pole recommended
by the manufacturers of mailboxes conforming to the appropriate governmental
regulations shall be acceptable. Support structures that are constructed
of any material that are in excess of those needed to adequately support
a mailbox or which do not conform to postal regulations are prohibited.
A pole or post providing the equivalent support or size of a wood
six-inch by six-inch post shall represent the maximum support allowed
for a mailbox. Box supports designed to prevent vandalism by providing
protection from destruction rather than support of the box are not
permitted on the right-of-way of streets, roads and highways within
the Township.
[Amended 11-13-1996 by Ord. No. 96-04]
A.
Any existing mailbox structure otherwise prohibited herein, located
in the right-of-way of any road in the Township, shall be permitted
if found not to be a traffic hazard by the Township Engineer.
B.
A mailbox structure shall be classified as a traffic hazard if one
or more of the following conditions apply:
(1)
It is located so to obstruct any part of a clear sight triangle at
or within 75 feet of any intersection.
(2)
It is located in the vicinity of a road curve so that the inertia
of a motor vehicle that fails to negotiate the curve could cause it
to collide with the structure.
(3)
If the structure impairs the view of approaching traffic or of any
traffic signs, markings or signals.
(4)
The structure is so close to the cartway to present a threat of collision
to oversize loads or bicyclists traveling along the road or berm of
the road.
If it is determined by the Township that a violation of this
chapter has occurred, the Township shall notify the property owner
of record and/or person residing in the property or the partnership,
corporation or association leasing the premises of such violation
and give him or them 60 days to correct or abate said violation. Notice
shall be by ordinary mail and certified mail, return receipt requested.
If no return receipt card is returned within 10 days, a copy of the
letter shall be personally served upon the addressee(s). If the violation
is not abated within the time set forth, the Township may initiate
enforcement proceedings and file an appropriate criminal summary action
before the local Magisterial District Judge or such civil action in
law or equity as deemed necessary to enforce the provisions of this
chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before
the Magisterial District Judge having appropriate jurisdiction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 and/or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this
chapter continues shall constitute a separate violation.
