[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Upper Uwchlan 3-21-1994 by Ord. No. 94-02.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter applies to all principal buildings
within the Township of Upper Uwchlan, Chester County, and each tract,
lot or parcel of land.
As used in this chapter, 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.
Includes 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 Upper Uwchlan
Township office and assigned to the owners or occupants of such building,
tract, lot or parcel of land by the Building Code Officer, or by such
other person as may be designated by resolution of the Upper Uwchlan
Township 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 chapter, when applicable.
B.
The Building Code Officer, or such other person as
may be designated, shall have the power and duty to correct any errors
with respect to assignment of street address numbers, as and when
such errors are discovered. The Upper Uwchlan 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 chapter 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 Building Code Officer or his/her designated
agent for assignment of such number, and thereon the Building Code
Officer shall assign a correct street address number to the property.
A.
The Building Code Officer shall be responsible for
assigning proper street address 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 the Upper Uwchlan Township file.
B.
When the assignments required under Subsection A hereof have been completed and signed by the Building Code Officer, 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 chapter.
C.
The requirements for application for street address
number and display thereof shall be a condition precedent to the submission
of any applications for a certificate of occupancy.
A.
In order to comply with this chapter, street address
numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall have a minimum height of
four inches with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch and shall be mounted
in a secure fashion by one or more of the approved manners. 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 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 any appreciable degree. Auxiliary numbers
shall be mounted at a height between four feet and 10 feet upon the
adjacent grade or exterior landing beneath, but never higher than
15 feet above adjoining grade.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Approved manners.
(1)
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.
(2)
Occupancies without mailboxes at the end of driveways
shall place numbers in the general vicinity of the main entrance or
path of travel which leads to the main entrance and shall be visible
from the center line of the facing street.
(3)
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.
C.
Occupancies with shared driveways shall also display
auxiliary numbers at or near the main entrance of the structure according
to specifications herein.
[Amended 1-17-2006 by Ord. No. 06-01]
A.
The absence of street numbers, or the insecure fastening
or absence of any numeral thereof, or the use of any street address
number not assigned by the Building Code Officer, or the failure of
a street address number to meet the elevation requirements or the
visibility requirements shall be a violation of this chapter. 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 Building Code Officer or
his/her agent, or shall be personally served on the property owner
or occupant or his agent. Such notice shall specify the specific provision
of the chapter violated and shall require compliance with the provisions
of this chapter within 15 days from the service or posting of the
notice of violation. In case any notified party shall neglect, fail
or refuse to comply with such notice within the period of time stated
herein, the Township authorities may post a street number on the premises
and collect the cost thereof, together with any additional penalty
authorized by law, from such notified party in the manner provided
by law.
B.
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.
The final authority for determining and assigning the street number or numbers to be used upon any particular property, as well as the enforcement of this chapter, shall be in the office of the Building Code Officer, his/her agent or such other person as provided for in § 57-3 of this chapter.
