[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 1]
The following words shall, for the purposes of this part, have
the following meanings:
Any structure used or intended to be used as a dwelling or
place of business or industry, but shall not include any public building
or structure built as a place of worship or any accessory building
located on a lot where there is also a main building.
Any street, road, public highway or private road upon which
there is located two or more buildings, as defined by this part, whether
or not such street, road, highway or private right-of-way is physically
opened up or laid out on a recorded plan, but not physically opened.
The incumbent in the office of Township Manager and, in the
event that this office may at any time be vacant or in the event that
the Board of Supervisors of the Township may direct otherwise, such
person as the Board of Supervisors may designate as the person to
officially number the buildings in the Township.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 2]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lower Southampton
shall have the right from time to time to establish by resolution
the names of streets or to change or alter names of streets when,
in the judgment of the Board of Supervisors, the existing street names
are confusing or prevent proper identification of such streets and
their location.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 3]
The Township Manager is hereby authorized to establish a numbering
plan for all lots and buildings in the Township of Lower Southampton.
Numbers shall be assigned to buildings in accordance with the provisions
of this part.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 4]
Whenever the Township Manager shall find that a section or portion
of the Township shall be built up to the extent that the location
of buildings in such section shall be difficult without the use of
street numbers, or when the Township Manager has ascertained that
the United States of America is serving or proposes to serve such
section with mail delivery requiring the numbers of buildings, then
the Township Manager shall assign numbers to all existing buildings
in such section as soon as possible.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 5]
After the Township Manager shall determine the street or section
of the Township required to be numbered by the provisions of this
part, he shall determine thereafter and send to the owner or occupant
of every lot upon which a building is located a notice of the number
assigned to such building. Said notice may be served personally upon
the owner or occupant or by certified mail. In the event that the
Township Manager shall ascertain that any building has been previously
numbered and that such number shall not be in the sequence of established
numbers, then the Township Manager shall assign a new number to such
building in the manner as set forth for the numbering of buildings
under the provisions of this part. The property owner or occupant
of any building to which a number has been assigned shall, within
15 days after the date of the service of said notice, affix the number
or new number, as the case may be, to such building or elsewhere upon
the property in the manner prescribed by this part. Every property
owner who shall disregard or fail to comply with such notice within
the time limits therein shall be guilty of a violation of this part.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 6; as amended by Ord. 532,
9/10/2008]
Numbers, as assigned to the buildings in the Township according
to the provisions of this part, shall be affixed to or painted upon
or carved upon such buildings or upon a permanent standard, base or
support between such building and street. Each number shall be a minimum
of four inches (102 mm) high with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch
(12.7 mm) and be of such color and material as to be visible from
the street and shall be maintained constantly in complete and legible
form. A number affixed to or painted upon a mailbox established in
accordance with postal regulations, if of sufficient size and legibility
and properly maintained, shall be deemed a compliance with the provisions
of this part. In the event of a renumbering, the property owner or
occupant shall remove the old or former number and shall place the
new number on said property as hereinbefore provided within 15 days
of the date of notice; provided that, in the case of buildings occupied
by other than the owner thereof, the occupant, rather than the owner,
shall be responsible for placing and maintaining of the numbers upon
such building as hereby required.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 7]
Whenever a building shall hereafter be commenced on a street
or in a section of the Township in which street numbers have been
assigned, the Township Manager or the Zoning Officer, as the case
may be, shall assign a number to said building when the zoning and
building permit have been granted, and the owner or occupant shall
affix such number prior to the application for a final compliance
inspection.
[Ord. 66, 2/23/1960, § 8; as amended by Ord. 356,
12/17/1986; and Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this part continues or each section of this part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 240, 12/12/1974, § 1]
Unless otherwise herein expressly stated, the following terms
shall have, for the purpose of this part, the meanings hereby respectively
indicated:
That person or persons who has the use of real estate of
a lessor for residential use and is responsible for the giving of
any type of consideration therefor, but excluding those who are lessees
for a period of less than 30 days.
Any person who grants a lease or otherwise permits the use
of his real estate or portion thereof for residential use for a consideration,
monetary or otherwise.
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
[Ord. 240, 12/12/1974, § 2]
All lessors, within 30 days after the effective date of this
part and twice each year thereafter, on or before January 15 and on
or before June 15 each year, shall report to the Township Manager
in writing, addressed to him at the Township office, the number of
parcels or units of real estate presently or hereafter rented and
available for rental, a description (by address, number and/or some
other meaningful method) of said parcel or units, and the names of
its lessees and others residing with lessee at the time of such report,
together with a designation as to which unit or parcel is occupied
by each.
[Ord. 240, 12/12/1974, § 3]
Any change in the occupancy of real estate rented or leased or in the identity of the lessee from that shown on the semiannual report of the lessor as required in § 11-202 hereof shall be reported by the lessor to the Township Manager within 10 days after such change. It is intended hereby that lessors shall report a new lessee or a lessee who rents or leases a different unit or parcel of lessor's real estate and when a unit or parcel of lessor's real estate becomes vacant.
[Ord. 240, 12/12/1974, § 4]
The Township Manager shall prepare a report form entitled "Status
of Occupancy Report," which report form requires the necessary information
set forth above and such other pertinent information that the Township
may direct and be incorporated in said report form. The failure to
have such report forms, however, shall not excuse the obligation of
lessors to provide the information required herein.
[Ord. 240, 12/12/1974, § 5; as amended by Ord.
356, 12/17/1986; and by Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this part continues or each section of this part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
