For the purposes of Part I and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances and resolutions heretofor
adopted by the Township, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated.
CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan of the Optional Municipal Charter Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 to 40:69A-210, as amended and supplemented, and
any and all general laws as therein defined which are or may be applicable
to the Township.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the municipal government so designated
by this Code.
DIRECTOR
The head of a department appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Council.
PERSON
Includes individuals, corporations, firms, organizations,
companies, associations or any group acting as an individual or as
a unit. The masculine shall include the feminine gender.
YEAR
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purposes of this Code and any other
ordinances heretofor 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. A 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
commuted 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 Township
is closed, that they shall be excluded.
F. "Writing" and "written" shall include writing and
any other mode of communication using paper or similar material which
is in general use, as well 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 or any year.