This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Administrative Code of the Township of West Windsor" and is
herein referred to as the "code."
The purpose of this chapter shall be to establish
departments, boards, commissions, authorities and committees; allocate
the Township's functions, powers and duties among and within the departments;
establish official relationships; and prescribe standards and procedures
for the conduct of the public business, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1
et seq. and any and all statutory provisions of the State of New Jersey
applicable to the Township.
A.
ADVICE and CONSENT
CHARTER
CLERK
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR
GENERAL LAW
GOVERNING BODY
MAYOR
MUNICIPALITY
ORDINANCE
PRESIDENT
QUORUM
RESOLUTION
ROLL CALL VOTES
TOWNSHIP
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The majority vote of a quorum of the Council, but in no case
less than two affirmative votes if two is sufficient to grant advice
and consent. If consent is not granted, the Mayor shall have the right
to resubmit the matter to the Council.
The Mayor-Council Plan pursuant to the Optional Municipal
Charter Law, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented,
and any and all statutory provisions of the State of New Jersey applicable
to the Township.
The Township Clerk appointed pursuant to the Charter and
the Statutes of the State of New Jersey.
The local legislative body of the municipality elected pursuant
to the Charter and designated as the Municipal Council of the Township
of West Windsor.
An organizational unit of the municipal government established
by or pursuant to this code and headed by a director.
The head of a department appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Council.
Any law or provisions of law not inconsistent with the Optional
Municipal Charter Law, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq., heretofore or hereafter
enacted, which is by its terms applicable or available to all municipalities,
and the following additional laws, whether or not such additional
laws are so applicable or available to all municipalities: legislation
relating to taxation, local courts, health, public authorities serving
more than one municipality and municipalities in unsound financial
conditions.[1]
The Township Council as constituted under the Charter.[2]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Township of West Windsor
exercising the executive powers of the Township as set forth in the
Charter.
The Township of West Windsor in the County of Mercer, State
of New Jersey.
[Amended 5-13-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
All ordinances of the Township of West Windsor in force and
effect on the date of adoption pursuant to the Code of Township of
West Windsor, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, as amended, unless
specifically repealed by this code, and all ordinances hereinafter
adopted by the Council of the Township of West Windsor. An ordinance
shall also be defined as an act or regulation of the Council required
to be reduced to writing and read at more than one meeting thereof
and published pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-1 et seq.
The President of the Council.
A majority of the whole number of members of the Council.
Any act or regulation of the Council required to be reduced
to writing, but which may be finally passed at the meeting at which
it is introduced.
The vote upon every motion, resolution or ordinance by yeas
and nays as entered on the minutes of each meeting.
The Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State
of New Jersey.
B.
Word usage. For the purpose of this code and any other
ordinance or resolution heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as
the context may otherwise require:
(1)
The present tense includes the past and future tenses,
and the future tense includes the present.
(2)
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural
includes the singular.
(3)
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
(4)
The time within which an act is to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, and
if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, that day shall
be excluded and the next following working day shall be the last day.
[Amended 5-13-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10]
(5)
"Writing" and "written" includes any printed, typewritten,
computer-generated and any other mode of communication using paper
or similar material which is in general use, including but not limited
to data sheets, data processing cards, photographs, photographic negatives,
phono records, tape recordings, wire recordings, transcripts of recordings,
as well as legible handwriting.
(6)
The feminine shall include the masculine. The masculine
shall include the feminine.
