[Adopted as Secs. 1-2 and 1-3 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances]
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:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Stone Harbor in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey.
BOROUGH COUNCIL or COUNCIL
The Mayor and Councilmen of the Borough.
CLERK or BOROUGH CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
DEPARTMENT
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 such organizational unit by the Borough Council.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of this Code.
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
ORDINANCE
Any act 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.
PERSON
Any individual, natural persons, partnerships, joint ventures, societies, associations, clubs, trustees, trusts, corporations or unincorporated groups; or any officers, agents, employees, servants, factors or any kind of personal representatives of any thereof in any capacity, acting either for himself or for any other person, under either personal appointment or pursuant to law.
STREET
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.
SURVEY
A clearly and legibly drawn map or plat, the size of 8 1/2 inches by 13 inches, 30 inches by 42 inches, 24 inches by 36 inches or 15 inches by 21 inches as measured from cutting edges. It shall be drawn to a designated scale which shall be inches to feet and be large enough to contain legible written data on the dimensions, bearings and all other details of the boundaries, and it shall also show the graphic scale. The dimensions, bearings and curve data sufficient to enable the definite location of all lines and boundaries shall be shown thereon, including public easements and areas dedicated for public, if any. The municipal tax lot and block numbers shall be designated thereon and the survey shall be certified by a land surveyor that it has been made under his supervision and complies with this article. The survey shall also contain:
A. 
The reference meridian used for bearings shown graphically.
B. 
All municipal boundary lines crossing or adjacent to the lot or lots intended to be shown. All natural and artificial watercourses, streams, shorelines and water boundaries and encroachment lines.
C. 
The date the survey was made.
D. 
All improvements currently located on the property, whether upon land or in the water, shall be included, together with the location of all utility services.
E. 
The width and location of streets, contiguous to the lot or lots intended to be shown.
YEAR
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. 
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 be a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices of the Borough are closed, that day shall be excluded.
F. 
"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. 
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.[1]
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Editor's Note: The subsections concerning the terms "chapter," "section," "subsection" and "paragraph," which previously followed this subsection, were deleted 3-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1251.