Township of Nockamixon, PA Buildings, Numbering of

Any structure used or intended to be used as a dwelling or place of business or industry, and includes any public building or any structure built as a place of worship.

§ 74-2 Building numbering system adopted.

The Township Supervisors hereby endorse a numbering system for all of Nockamixon Township and assign numbers to all lots and buildings located in the Township. The allotment of numbers shall be made, as nearly as practicable, one number for every 50 feet of road frontage. All unnamed alleys and rights-of-way shall be named with a "private road" distinction and shall be assigned numbers in conformity with the foregoing.

§ 74-3 Responsibility for numbering buildings.

Numbers shall be assigned to buildings in the Township as soon as possible after the adoption of this chapter, and the Township Supervisors shall immediately thereafter designate a person to send to the owner, trustee, lessee, agent or occupant of every lot upon which a building is located a notice of the number assigned to such building, directing that such a number be affixed to such building or elsewhere upon the property in the manner prescribed by this chapter within 30 days of such notice. Any person who disregards or fails to comply with such notice, within the time limit stated herein, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.

§ 74-4 Requirements for numbers.

The number shall be placed on the property or right-of-way in a conspicuous place, the same number to be of reflective paint, metal or enamel and at least three inches in height. The color of the numbers shall contrast with the immediate background and shall be placed so as to be in full view from the opposite side of the street. The letters shall be mounted on a sign not larger than 18 inches by 24 inches as required by Article IX, Signs, of Chapter 234, Zoning, and shall be in accordance with the following:

For those buildings or structures 50 feet or less from the road, the numbers shall be placed in a conspicuous place horizontally on or near the front door.

For those buildings or structures more than 50 feet from the road, the numbers, as described above, shall be placed within the ultimate right-of-way of the road at a location which clearly designates the house or building to which the number refers (i.e., cannot be across the street from the property).

Numbers shall be in Arabic numerals (i.e., "58" with numerals, not the words "fifty eight" or "LVIII").

It shall be unlawful to cover any house number with any sign drapery or other obstruction tending to conceal such number and all old numbers shall be removed from any house, building or other structure when a new number has been assigned, and when so directed by the Township Zoning Officer. The Zoning Officer is hereby authorized to require the numbering and renumbering of any house, building or other structure in accordance with this chapter.

§ 74-5 Violations and penalties.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.