For the purposes of Part I of the Code and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances and resolutions heretofore
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 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. 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 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 Township is closed, then it
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 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 or any year.