[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Washington 10-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-7. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Emergency access in campgrounds — See Ch. 155.
As used in this chapter, the words or phrases shall have the
meaning indicated unless otherwise required by the context:
Includes all houses, dwellings, residences, stores, businesses
and other buildings that are occupied for commercial, industrial,
recreational and public use, which front on or access any street in
the Township.
Any property or lot on which multiple buildings are located
and occupied, and such buildings require individual identification
in addition to the official street address for the purposes of 9-1-1
locatable mailing addressing, including for the sake of definition,
but limited to, campgrounds and camping areas, residential apartments,
marinas, business and industrial complexes, and governmental complexes.
Any undedicated byway or other street on private property
or on property of the State of New Jersey, where buildings front upon
that private street which is not designated as a street by the Township
of Washington, including for the sake of definition, but limited to,
private streets in campgrounds and camping areas, marinas, business
or industrial properties, and governmental complexes.
Any street, paved or unpaved, road, highway, byway, alleyway
or avenue for the passage of motor vehicles and pedestrians, whether
paved or unpaved, identified on the official Tax Map and/or street
map prepared in conjunction with implementation of the 9-1-1 program
of the Township of Washington and located within Township borders.
A.
The Township Committee or its delegate shall be authorized to name
or change the name of streets within the Township and provide for
the erection thereon of signs showing the names thereof and guideposts
for travelers at the expense of the Township and shall provide for
the identification of said streets on the Official Road Map of the
Township. Township responsibility shall not extend to county, state
or private streets or county road mile markers.
B.
Any further street name changes may be made by the Township Committee
by a resolution duly adopted setting forth such changes and authorizing
the amendment of the Road Map to reflect them.
The Township Committee or its delegate shall plot on the Tax
Map of the Township or otherwise identify or list all the properties
which now or hereafter front on any street and shall designate and
assign a number therefor.
A.
The Township
Committee or its delegate shall designate and assign an official address
for all buildings which now or hereafter front on any street. The
Township Committee or its delegate shall send each building owner
or occupant a notice of the official address, which notice shall appear
in substantially the following form:
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Your official address is:
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If mail delivery is made to the property location:
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Resident or Business Name
#### Street Name
Post Office Name, New Jersey 08215
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If mail is received at a post office (post office box):
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Resident or Business Name
#### Street Name, Washington Township
P.O. Box ###
Post Office Name, NJ 08ZIP Code
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Mail delivery to individual building within a building complex:
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Resident or Business Name
#### Street Name, Apartment/Building/Site###
Post Office Name, NJ 08ZIP Code
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B.
The owner or occupant shall utilize such official address at all
times.
A.
The owner or occupant of any building for which an official number
is designated shall be required at his own expense to place the official
number on the structure or a post so that it is clearly visible from
the street on which the building fronts. If a post is utilized, the
number shall be placed no less than four feet and no greater than
six feet above the ground level.
B.
If the official number cannot be displayed on the structure or a
post so as to be clearly visible from the street, it shall be displayed
at the end of the driveway to the building so that it is clearly visible
from the street on which the building fronts. The number shall be
placed on a post no less than four feet and no greater than six feet
above the ground level or on a rural mailbox, provided that it is
located on the same side of the street as the building and is at the
driveway intersection with the street.
C.
Figures at least three inches high shall be used to display the official
number. The figures shall either be of light-reflective material which
contrasts in color with the background for the figures, or black in
color when on a white background, or white when on black, or black
when on a silver- or aluminum-colored background.
A.
Buildings with rural mailboxes located on the same side of the street on which the building fronts shall have the official number displayed on both sides of the mailbox. The figure requirements of § 303-5 shall apply to numbers.
B.
Buildings with rural mailboxes located on the opposite side of the street on which the building fronts shall have the official number displayed on both sides of the mailbox. The official number shall also be displayed on the building or post as required in § 303-5. The figure requirements of § 303-5 shall apply to numbers.
C.
Buildings with mailboxes clustered with others shall have the official number displayed on both sides of the mailbox and additionally shall have the number displayed on the post or building as required in § 303-5.
D.
Buildings with mailboxes that are located on a street other than that on which the building fronts shall have the street name of the official address displayed in one-inch-high lettering on both sides of the mailbox and, additionally, shall have the number displayed on the building or post as required in § 303-5, House numbering requirements.
A.
Within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter, the owner of
the property on which a building complex is located, wherein the individual
buildings require individual identification in addition to the official
street address for the purposes of 9-1-1 locatable mailing addressing,
shall identify the aforesaid buildings to the Washington Township
9-1-1 Coordinator and request that the Township document the additional
addressing. The identification of the individual buildings within
the complex shall include, but not be limited to, the tax block and
lot numbers of the property; a map of the property which indicates
the frontage or access to streets, private streets, and the location
of the individual buildings for which addressing is required; and
a specific identification for each building to be addressed, either
by name, number or other means which is compatible with 9-1-1 addressing.
The Township 9-1-1 Coordinator may request such additional information
as may be necessary to make a determination, in cooperation with the
Burlington County 9-1-1 Coordinator, as to the additional addressing
identifications.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner, upon notification by Washington Township, to inform any occupants or tenants as to the appropriate individual address identifications for their respective buildings and to display the additional identification by name, number or other approved means either on the individual buildings or a post that is clearly visible from either the street or private street. The figure requirements of § 303-5, House numbering requirements, shall apply to the identifying names, numbers or other approved means.
Upon any subdivision of land in the Township resulting in new
streets and in lots other than those delineated on the Tax Map, the
Township Committee or its delegate shall assign a name to each new
street and a number to each lot resulting from the subdivision which
shall be in proper numerical sequence in relation to the numbers assigned
to other lots fronting on the same street. The Township shall, prior
to such assignment, consult with Burlington County 9-1-1 officials
to advise them of such proposed naming/numbering system. The Secretary
of the Washington Township Planning and Zoning Board shall, upon approval
of any subdivision or other Board action which may affect property
addresses, forward to the Township and County 9-1-1 Coordinators a
copy of said subdivision plat or a memorandum outlining the Planning
and Zoning Board's action. The Planning and Zoning Board shall
consult with the Township and County 9-1-1 Coordinators to resolve
any conflict or other problem with the Planning and Zoning Board action
taken as it may relate to the 9-1-1 process.
No person shall erect or maintain a private street or lane sign
which fronts on or is readily visible from a designated street of
the Township. All nonconforming signs shall be removed at the owner's
expense within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter.
The Mayor shall appoint a 9-1-1 Coordinator for a one-year term
commencing each January 1. On final passage of this chapter, the Mayor
shall appoint a 9-1-1 Coordinator for the balance of the year 1993.
The Washington Township Committee hereby adopts as the Official
9-1-1 Township Road Map, the map prepared by Kluk Consultants on March
21, 1993, last revision May 24, 1993, said map shall be kept on file
with the Township Clerk as well as with the 9-1-1 Coordinator.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage and publication according to law. The numbering requirements of §§ 303-3 through 303-8 shall become effective immediately upon approval and implementation of the 9-1-1 locatable mailing address system by the United States Postal Service; and the requirements for house, building complex and mailbox numbering shall be met within 30 days of the notification of new 9-1-1 addresses by the Township Clerk.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation failing to conform to either § 303-5, House numbering requirements, or § 303-7, Building complex numbering requirements, with respect to the numbering of buildings either owned or occupied by him, after receiving notice to do so from Washington Township or its delegate, shall be fined $1 for each day during or on which a failure to so number continues, after 30 days from the date of the notification.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation violating § 303-9 of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for failure to remove a nonconforming private street or lane sign.
C.
Any person who destroys, defaces or alters a street sign shall be
subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each
sign destroyed, altered or defaced.
