This chapter shall be known as the "Administrative Code of the
Township of Mine Hill."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish and organize the
government of the Township of Mine Hill in accordance with the Mayor-Council
Plan E form of government established pursuant to the Optional Municipal
Charter Law (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.), approved by the voters of
the Township of Mine Hill in November 1978; to define and separate
the legislative powers of the Council and the executive and administrative
powers of the Mayor; to establish and organize the various departments
of government and to assign and allocate administrative functions,
powers and duties to such departments.
All ordinances of the Township of Mine Hill heretofore adopted
prior to January 1, 1980, except such ordinances or parts thereof
as may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Optional Municipal
Charter Law (Laws 1950, Chapter 210; N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.) or
the provisions of this chapter, are hereby continued as the local
laws of the Township of Mine Hill.
For the purpose of this chapter, the words and terms set forth
immediately below are defined as follows:
The Business Administrator appointed pursuant to this chapter
and the Charter.
The provisions of the Optional Municipal Charter Law (Laws
1950, Chapter 210, as amended) governing a Mayor-Council Plan E form
of government.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed by the Council pursuant
to the Charter.
The members of the Municipal Council of the Township of Mine
Hill possessing all the legislative powers of the Township as set
forth in the Charter.
A unit of the municipal government established or designated
by this chapter as a department.
The administrative head of a department established by this
Code.
The Municipal Council of the Township of Mine Hill comprised
of five Councilmen in accordance with provisions of the Optional Municipal
Charter Law.
The individual serving as chief executive officer of the
Township and possessing the executive powers of the Township as set
forth in the Charter.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any ordinances of the Township of Mine Hill in force and
effect on January 1, 1980, and thereafter, including this Code.
Any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association,
organization or other entity.
The Township of Mine Hill in the County of Morris, State
of New Jersey, as governed and organized by the provisions of the
Charter and this Administrative Code.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purposes of the Administrative 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
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
or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E.Â
The
terms "writing" and "written" include printing, typewriting, stencil,
duplicating and any other visual mode of reproducing words or figures
on paper-like material which is in general use.
