[Adopted 5-26-1975 as Secs. 1-1 through 1-4 of the 1975 Code; amended 8-20-2001 by Ord. No. 762-01]
A. 
For the purpose of the Code of the Borough of Old Tappan, 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 Old Tappan in the County of Bergen 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 the 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 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.
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
B. 
Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall mean either Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time, as may be in current use in the Borough.
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.