[Adopted as Ch. I of the 1985 Revised General Ordinances]
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
For the purpose of this Code and in the interpretation and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, unless defined differently elsewhere in this Code or in any ordinance and except as the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CLERK or MUNICIPAL CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the government established or designated by ordinance or this revision as a department, together with any agency or instrumentality of the government assigned to such organizational unit by the Township Committee.
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 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.
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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Delaware in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
The Mayor and Committee of the Township.
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 1-1, Short title, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10.
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
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 Township 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 revision, it shall mean the prevailing and established time in effect in the State of New Jersey during any day in any year.
H. 
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.