This chapter shall be known as the "North Brunswick
Administrative Code."
For the purpose of this code and any other ordinances
or resolutions heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context
may otherwise require:
A.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses;
and the future, the present.
B.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural
the singular.
D.
"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
E.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first and including the last day, and if
the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall
be excluded.
F.
"Writing" and "written" mean any visual mode of reproducing
words or numbers on paper or similar material that is in general use.
G.
"Charter" shall mean the Mayor-Council-Administrator
Plan pursuant to statute N.J.S.A. 40:69A-149.1 et seq. of the Optional
Municipal Charter Law, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1, and all applicable provisions
of the general law.
A.
It is the intent of the Council in enacting this code
to exercise fully the powers delegated by the Charter to organize
and regulate its internal affairs, and the provisions of the code
shall be construed liberally to that end.
B.
The code shall be interpreted and administered so
as to maintain the separation of legislative and administrative powers
as provided in the Charter.
