§ 51-7. Affixing of numbers by township; costs.

Upon the failure of an owner, occupant or lessee to ascertain and affix upon any building to which this chapter applies the assigned and authorized number, it shall be lawful for the appropriate municipal department head of the Township of West Windsor to cause to be affixed to such building or appurtenance provided for herein the assigned and authorized number. Such employee shall execute a return to the Mayor of the cost of so affixing said number, and the Collector of Taxes of the Township of West Windsor, upon certification, shall charge the same to the owner of the building and collect the cost in the same manner as all taxes are collected, and such cost shall be a lien upon said land.