[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Morrisville 2-23-1911.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The dwellings, business places and other buildings now standing or hereafter
erected on any of the streets, highways or alleys of the Borough of Morrisville
shall have placed upon them by and at the expense of their respective owners,
numbers corresponding with those on a plot or plan of said Borough filed in
the office of the Secretary of the Mayor and Borough Council of the aforesaid
Borough of Morrisville, said numbers to be placed in a position on the building
where they can easily be seen from the street.
A line following the middle of Bridge Street from the eastern to the
western boundaries of the Borough shall be the base line of division eastward
and westward, and a line following the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue from
the northern boundary of the Borough to the southern boundary thereof shall
be the base line or division, north and south.
In every case in which any street does or shall intersect either of
said base lines, the part of said street situate on opposite sides of the
base line so intersected shall be designated by the terms “North," "South,"
"East" or "West" as the case may be.
The buildings situated or fronting on any street which does or shall
intersect either of said base lines shall be numbered in each direction from
said base line as a starting point, the first building on either side of said
line being numbered 1 or 2 as the case may be; and the buildings situated
or fronting on any street, which does or shall terminate at either of said
base lines shall be numbered from the last-named base line as a starting point
in the manner above stated.
In case any street does or shall not intersect or terminate at either
of said base line, if its direction is more nearly eastward and westward than
northward and southward, the buildings thereon shall be numbered from its
eastward terminus if said terminus is west of said north and south base line,
and from its westward terminus if said last-named terminus is east of north
and south base line; if the direction of said street is more nearly northward
and southward than eastward and westward, then the buildings thereon shall
be numbered from its northward terminus if said terminus is south of said
east and west base line, and from its southward terminus of its said last-named
terminus is north of said east and west base line.
In case any street does or shall intersect both of said base lines,
or terminates at each, or intersect the one and terminate at the other, the
buildings thereon shall be numbered from said east and west base line in the
manner hereinbefore stated.
In all cases in which streets do or shall form an immediate junction
with each other, so that the one is but a continuation of the other under
a different name, the buildings thereon shall be numbered continuously from
the proper base lines as hereinbefore provided.
When any street does or shall run in a direction more nearly eastward
and westward than northward and southward, the buildings on the north side
thereof shall be numbered with the even numbers, and those on the south side
thereof with the odd numbers; and when any street does or shall run in a direction
more nearly northward and southward than eastward and westward, the buildings
on the east side thereof shall be numbered with the even numbers, and those
on the west side thereof with the odd numbers.
In all cases, 100 numbers shall be allowed for the buildings which are
now or may be erected on any street between two adjacent streets intersecting
the same; provided, that if in any case 100 numbers shall not be sufficient
according to the plans hereinbefore set forth, then 200 numbers shall, if
necessary, be allowed.
[Amended 11-3-1960 by Ord. No. 476]
In all cases where a vacant lot intervenes between buildings, one number
shall be allowed for every 40 feet or fraction thereof, except where otherwise
indicated in the Borough Atlas.
[Amended 11-3-1960 by Ord. No. 476; 5-14-1985
by Ord. No. 800]
The Borough Manager shall notify the owner of each and every building
now or hereafter erected in the Borough, and not numbered as herein required,
of the number by which such building shall be designated. Such notice shall
be delivered personally, or left at such building with any person there residing
or employed, over the age of 16 years. The owner of such building, within
one month of the date of such service, shall cause the number contained in
such notice to be affixed to or upon such building in a conspicuous place
and in a durable manner.
