[Adopted 6-23-1980 as Ch. I, Secs.
1-2 and 1-3 of the 1980 Code]
For the purpose of this Code, and in the interpretation and application
of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context
may otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Mountain Lakes in the County of Morris and State of
New Jersey.
The Mayor and Councilmen of the Borough.
The chief executive and administrative officer of the Borough.
The municipal clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
An organizational unit of the Borough government established or designated
by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency or instrumentality
of the Borough government assigned to the organizational unit by the Borough
Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of
this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, and including
this Code, so long as it shall have been adopted by the procedure required
for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it shall remain in force and
effect pursuant to law.
Any individual, natural person, partnership, joint venture, society,
association, club, trustee, trust, corporation, or unincorporated group, or
any officer, agent, employee, servant, factor or any kind of personal representative
of any thereof in any capacity, acting either for himself or for any other
person, under either personal appointment or pursuant to law.
Includes a street, avenue, road, alley, lane, highway, boulevard,
concourse, driveway, culvert, sidewalk and crosswalk, and every class of road,
square, place or municipal parking field used by the general public, including
the unpaved portion of a right-of-way.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purpose of this Code and any other ordinances heretofore or
hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
A.Â
The present tense includes the past and future tenses,
and the future the present.
B.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.Â
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural
the singular.
D.Â
"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
E.Â
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 Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices of the Borough are
closed, that day shall be excluded.
F.Â
"Writing" and "written" shall include printing, typewriting
and any other mode of communication using paper or similar material which
is in general use, as well as legible handwriting.
G.Â
Whenever a specific time is used in this Code, it shall
mean the prevailing and established time in effect in the State of New Jersey
during any day in any year.
H.Â
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions of the
Code.
I.Â
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
J.Â
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section.
K.Â
"Paragraph" shall mean a subdivision under a subsection.
