[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Montvale 6-8-1949 by Ord. No. 334 (Ch. 70 of the 1966 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
All buildings along streets or avenues in the Borough of Montvale shall be numbered in accordance with the numbers designated on the lots or plots as shown on the Borough Assessment Map of the Borough of Montvale made by Hering & Westphal, Engineers, January 1936, and on file with the Borough Clerk of Montvale in the Borough Clerk's office or as on said assessment map as it may hereafter be amended.
Every building on a plot along the streets or avenues of the Borough of Montvale shall have a number displayed thereon at least three inches in height. Said number shall be placed at the entrance of each building.
The number or numbers applicable to said building shall be ascertained by the owner, occupant, tenant or agent thereof, from a map on file with the Borough Clerk in the Borough Clerk's office, or from the person designated by the Council for that purpose.
Said number or numbers shall be ascertained and placed upon the buildings as hereinbefore provided, not later than 60 days after the adoption of this chapter.
In the event of the failure of the owner, occupant, tenant or agent to ascertain and affix upon the buildings the number applicable to said buildings, within 60 days after the adoption of this chapter, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Montvale to have affixed to said buildings upon which no number or numbers shall have been affixed the number or numbers applicable to said buildings and to make a return of the cost of the same to the Collector of the Borough, who shall charge the same to the owner of the building and collect the same with the taxes that shall accrue upon the plot or plots upon which the building or buildings are situated and the said cost shall be a lien upon said land.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed, and this chapter shall take effect after publication in the manner provided by law.