[Adopted 6-27-1972 by Ord. No. 72-9 as Ch.
1 of the Revised Ordinances of 1972; amended in
its entirety 5-13-1997 by Ord. No. 97-8]
A.
In the construction of the Code of the Borough of
Hillsdale and of all other ordinances of the Borough, words and phrases
shall be read and construed with their context, and shall, unless
inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council or unless another
or different meaning is expressly indicated, be given their generally
accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language.
B.
Technical words and phrases, and words and phrases
having a special or accepted meaning in the law, shall be construed
in accordance with such technical or special and accepted meaning.
C.
The terms "shall" and "must" have mandatory connotations,
and the term "may" has a discretionary and permissive connotation.
D.
Gender. Words importing the masculine gender shall
apply to females as well as to males, and to all persons as herein
defined.
E.
Number. Words used in the singular number include
the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular number.
F.
"Oath" includes "affirmation;" and "swear" and "sworn"
include "affirm" and "affirmed."
G.
"Officer" or "official" shall be construed as if the
words "of the Borough of Hillsdale" followed it.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, or unless
there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction,
or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, the
following words and phrases, when used in the Code of the Borough
of Hillsdale or in any other ordinances of the Borough, shall have
the meanings herein given:
The Borough of Hillsdale.
The Borough Clerk of the Borough of Hillsdale.
The County of Bergen.
The Mayor and Council members of the Borough of Hillsdale
or such other duly authorized legislative body as shall be charged
with governing the Borough.
A calendar month.
The Borough of Hillsdale.
The New Jersey Statutes Annotated, as amended and supplemented.
See "tenant."
Includes sole owner and/or any of the following: part owner,
joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant,
or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or of a part of a building
or land and/or personal property.
Includes corporations, companies, societies, firms, partnerships,
associations, organizations and any other group or entity acting as
a unit, as well as an individual.
Includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and
effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments
by which any right to, interest in, lien or encumbrance upon property
or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced,
transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and every
thing, except real property as herein defined, which may be the subject
of ownership.
Includes real and personal property.
Any and every public ground, public square, public park or
other public place within the Borough which is within the jurisdiction
and control of the Borough, and which is or may be in general use
by all citizens, and in which all have an equal right of passage or
use at will.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto
and interests therein.
That portion of the roadway intended for the use of pedestrians
between the curbline or the lateral line of a shoulder or, if none,
the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent right-of-way line.
Includes highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, courts, public
lanes, alleys, sidewalks, foot paths and all other public highways
for vehicular or pedestrian travel.
The Collector of Taxes of the Borough of Hillsdale.
Includes any person who occupies the whole or part of such
building or land, whether alone or with others.
Seven days.
Include printing and any other mode of representing words,
letters and figures, except that the word "signature" means the name
of a person manually inscribed by himself.
A calendar year (January 1 through December 31).
The Seal heretofore provided and used by and
for the Borough is hereby established and continued as the seal of
the Borough.
