[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Each structure to which a street number has been assigned by
the United States Postal Service or Post Office shall have the number
that is assigned displayed in a position which is easily observed
and readable from the public right-of-way. All numbers shall be in
Arabic figures which shall be at least four inches (101.6 millimeters)
high and 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) wide. If said structure to which
a street number has been assigned is so situate that its distance
from the public right-of-way is such that said numbers would not be
visible from the same, then and in that event, said numbers shall,
in fact, be so placed on said structure and the same shall also be
placed or displayed on the mailbox or postal facility that services
said property, if there is one in existence or later comes into existence.
Therein, said numbers shall be in Arabic figures at least two inches
(50 millimeters) high and 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) wide.
It shall be the responsibility of the titled owner and occupant
or occupants of said structure to comply with the provisions of this
chapter.
The titled owner and occupant or occupants of said structure
shall be required to maintain said designation in a legible condition
on a continuing basis.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge 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 90 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.