[Adopted 2-28-1996 by Ord. No. 96-4]
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Jackson
Township as indicated in part histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This Part 1 applies to all principal buildings within Jackson
Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and each tract, lot or parcel
of land.
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental
to that of the principal building and is used for an accessory use
and is located on the same lot.
Any building or structure erected on a tract, lot or parcel
of land on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building.
It shall include, but not be limited to, a dwelling, place of business
or industry or any other use requiring a location identity.
A.
Street address numbers shall be assigned to each building, tract,
lot or parcel of land, placed on file in the Jackson Township office
and assigned to the owners or occupants of such building, tract, lot
or parcel of land by the Jackson Township Secretary or by such other
persons as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Once assigned, all such properties shall be designated for all purposes
by the number assigned, and, thereafter, all persons shall take due
notice thereof and comply with the provisions of this Part 1, when
applicable.
B.
The Jackson Township Secretary, or such other person as may be designated,
shall have the power and duty to correct any errors with respect to
assignment of street numbers, as and when such errors are discovered.
The Jackson Township Board of Supervisors shall have the right and
power to change a street address number or numbers assigned to any
property whenever it may deem such a change necessary and desirable
and require the owner or the occupant thereof to comply with the provisions
of this Part 1 with respect to such change.
The owner or occupant of each tract, lot or parcel of land to
which no street address number has previously been assigned shall,
upon purchase, acquisition or occupancy thereof or within seven days
of discovery that no such number has been assigned, make application
to the Jackson Township Secretary or his/her designated agent to assignment
of such number, and thereon, the Jackson Township Secretary shall
assign a street address number to the property.
[Amended 11-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
A.
The Jackson Township Manager or designee shall be responsible for
assigning street number sequences to each lot which is created as
a result of a subdivision or resubdivision; said numbers shall be
in proper municipal sequence in relation to the number assigned to
other lots fronting on the same street and shall be properly recorded
on the subdivision plan and in the Jackson Township file.
B.
When the assignments required under Subsection A hereof have been completed and signed by the Jackson Township Manager or designee, they shall be appended to the final subdivision plan and thereby incorporated therein by reference. No subdivider shall sell or convey any lot or dwelling unit or other building or structure upon said lot, or lease or otherwise permit the use and occupancy thereof, without first complying with all of the terms of this Part 1.
C.
The requirements for application for street address number and display
thereof shall be a condition precedent to the submission of any application
for a certificate of occupancy.
In order to comply with this Part 1, street address numbers
shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of three inches
and shall be mounted in a secure fashion by one or more approved manners
(as set forth below). The numbers shall be sufficiently legible as
to contrasting background, arrangement, spacing, size and uniformity
of numerals so that the numbers may be read with ease during daylight
hours by a person possessing normal vision, if he/she views the numbers
from the center line of the facing street. The numbers shall be so
placed that trees, shrubs and other obstructions do not block the
line of sight of the numbers from the center of the street to an appreciable
degree.
A.
Occupancies with mailboxes at the end of driveways shall display
numbers on both sides of the mailbox or support post. When mailboxes
are placed on the opposite side of the facing street from the occupancy,
auxiliary numbers shall be provided in addition to the mailbox numbers.
When two or more mailboxes are placed side by side together in a row,
then numbers shall be placed on the fronts of the mailboxes.
B.
Occupancies without mailboxes at the end of driveways shall place
numbers in the general vicinity of the main entrance path of travel
which leads to the main entrance and shall be visible from the center
line of the facing street.
C.
Those occupancies with no mailboxes which are built down long driveways
or occupancies not visible from the street shall have a marker or
post of noticeable size placed at the driveway entrance. If more than
one occupancy shares the driveway, then each occupancy shall be so
numbered.
D.
Occupancies with shared driveways shall also display auxiliary numbers
at or near the main entrance of the structure according to specifications
therein.
[Amended 11-21-2002 by Ord. No. 02-11]
A.
The absence of street numbers or the insecure fastening or absence
of any numeral, or the use of any street address not assigned by the
Jackson Township Secretary or the failure of a street address to meet
the elevation requirements or the visibility requirements shall be
a violation of this Part 1. Upon discovery of such violation, a notice
of violation shall be sent by certified mail to the property or occupant
or shall be posted in a prominent place upon the property by the Jackson
Township Secretary or his agent or shall be personally served on the
property owner or occupant by the Jackson Township Secretary or his
agent. Such notice shall specify the specific provision of this Part
1 violated and shall require compliance with the provisions of this
Part 1 within 15 days from the service or posting of the notice of
violation.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 1, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a District Justice 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 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 1 continues or each section of this Part 1 which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
