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Board reviews draft update to building-numbering ordinance; legal authority to place signs remains unclear
Summary
Members reviewed the borough's existing building-numbering code (chapter 13.08) and a longer drafted ordinance. Staff said the borough may be limited in placing numbers on private buildings and that monument-post signs in the right-of-way are commonly used and supplied by the volunteer fire department association.
The Public Safety Advisory Board discussed a draft overhaul of the borough’s building-numbering ordinance (chapter 13.08) after a member raised concerns that many properties lack visible address numbers, complicating emergency response.
Board members reviewed the existing city-derived code language that requires property owners to place visible numbers (at least 2½ inches in height) on principal buildings, and…
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