[Adopted as Ch. I of the 1977 Revised General
Ordinances]
The book shall be known and may be cited as
the "Code of the Township of Blairstown" and is herein referred to
as the "Code."
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:
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
An organizational unit of the government established or designated
by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency
or instrumentality of the government assigned to such organizational
unit by the Township Committee.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any act of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted,
and including this Code, so long as it is adopted by the procedure
required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it remains
in force and effect pursuant to law.
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.
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.
The Township of Blairstown in the County of Warren and State
of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Committee of the Township of Blairstown.
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.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
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
E.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, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices
of the Township are closed, that day shall be excluded.
F.Â
"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.Â
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.
H.Â
Any citation of a statute, law or ordinance contained
in this Code shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or ordinance
as amended, whether or not such designation is included in the citation.
I.Â
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions of
the revisions identified by a Roman numeral and divided by subject
matter
J.Â
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
K.Â
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section,
identified by a decimal number.
L.Â
"Paragraph" shall mean a subdivision under a subsection,
identified by an alphabetical letter or Arabic number.
If any chapter, section, subsection or paragraph
of this Code shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or
inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such chapter, section, subsection or paragraph 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 chapters, sections, subsections or paragraphs
of this Code.
