[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lansdowne at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every house, building or structure erected or located within
the Borough of Lansdowne shall have displayed on the front of the
building the number assigned to the building. The house numbers shall
be in plain block numerical form and not script form and shall be
a minimum of four inches in height for residential buildings, six
inches in height for commercial buildings and 10 inches in height
for apartment building letters and for all other buildings. The color
of the required numerals shall be in contrast to the immediate background,
and such numbers should be made of durable material and clearly visible
at night. The numbers shall be procured and affixed at the expense
of the owners of the property.
All buildings shall have house numbers placed conspicuously
immediately above or at the side of the main door of each building,
where practical, in such a manner that the number can be seen plainly
from the street. In addition to this requirement, whenever any building
is situated more than 50 feet from the street line, a second set of
house numbers shall be placed near the walk, driveway or common entrance
to the land on which the building is erected or upon a gatepost, rural
mailbox, fence, tree or other appropriate place so as to be easily
discernible from the street.
In addition to the number on the front of the house, all townhouses
shall display identical numbers on the rear of the building in a prominent
place so that the numbers are clearly visible from the sidewalk along
the rear of the property.
No numbers shall be placed so that they will be hidden at any
time by obstructions, screen or storm doors, grass, shrubbery or trees.
It shall be a violation of this chapter to obstruct or cause to be
obstructed any numbers placed in conformity with this chapter.
Any building abutting on any street or highway in the Borough
of Lansdowne, whether an existing or new construction, shall be numbered
by the owner or occupant thereof in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter within two weeks of the date of written notice by
the Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections to any said owner or
occupier to do so. The written notice shall specify the number of
the building, and no number shall be displayed upon any building or
lot except the number assigned to the building by the Office of Licenses,
Zoning and Inspections in the written notice.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before
any Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and the cost of prosecution, and in default of payment
of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding
30 days. Each week's continuation of a violation of this chapter
shall constitute a separate offense.
