For the purposes of this chapter and in the
interpretation and application of all other ordinances and resolutions
heretofore or hereafter adopted by the Township, except as the context
may otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Business Administrator appointed pursuant to the Charter.
Mayor-Council Plan E of Chapter 210 of the New Jersey Laws
of 1950, as amended and supplemented,[1] and any and all general laws as therein defined which
are or may be applicable to the Township.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to the Charter.
The members of the Township Council constituted pursuant
to the Charter.
An organization unit or group of organization units of the
Township government or designated as a department by this chapter.
The individual placed in charge of a department's activities
pursuant to the Charter.
The Council created and constituted pursuant to the Charter.
The individual serving as chief executive officer of the
Township pursuant to the Charter.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity, as well as an individual.
The Township of Jefferson in the County of Morris, State
of New Jersey as governed by the provisions of the Charter.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.
This chapter shall be known and may be referred
to as the "Administrative Code (1971)."
For the purposes of the Administrative 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
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 be a Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E.Â
"Writing" and "written" include printing, typewriting,
stencil duplicating and any other visual mode of reproducing words
or figures on paperlike material which is in general use.
If any article, section or part of this code
shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative,
in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such article,
section or part shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional,
invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect and no such
determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining articles,
sections or parts of this code.
All ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted
by the Township are in force and effect to the extent that they are
not inconsistent with the Charter or this chapter.
A.Â
All ordinances and parts of ordinances heretofore
enacted which are inconsistent with any provision of this code are,
to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed.
B.Â
The repeal of any ordinance or part thereof by this
code or by any other ordinance shall not revive any former ordinance
or part thereof which may have been repealed by such repealed ordinance
or part thereof.
[Amended 7-1-1987 by Ord. No. 11-87; 10-5-1988 by Ord. No.
19-88]
A.Â
In addition to all persons and officers authorized
pursuant to the provisions of the Jefferson Township Municipal Code
and/or otherwise provided by law who are empowered to enforce the
provisions of the Jefferson Township Municipal Code, the person designated
by the Township administration as the "Code Enforcement Officer" of
the Township of Jefferson is hereby authorized to enforce all provisions
of the Jefferson Township Municipal Code and to cite violations thereof.[1]
