For the purpose of this chapter and in the interpretation and
application of all other ordinances and resolutions heretofore or
hereafter adopted by the Township, except as the context may otherwise
require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATOR
The Business Administrator appointed pursuant to the Charter.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION
Any corporation organized under Titles 15 and 15A of the
New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 2-28-1995 by Ord. No. 3-95]
CHARTER or TOWNSHIP CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan E of Chapter 210 of the New Jersey Laws
of 1950, as amended and supplemented, and any and all general laws as therein defined which
are or may be applicable to the Township.
COUNCIL
The members of the Township Council constituted pursuant
to the Charter.
DEPARTMENT
An organization unit or group of organization units of the
Township government designated as a department by this chapter.
DIRECTOR
The individual placed in charge of a department's activities
pursuant to the Charter.
ENTITY SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS
Any nonprofit organization whose principal purpose is to
promote the public welfare, including but not limited to corporations,
partnerships, associations, societies or chapters which receive funds
equal to but not less than 20% of its annual operating budget from
the federal, state, county or Township governments or from any lawfully
created subdivision of such government or governments, including but
not limited to fire companies and ambulance squads.
[Added 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 41-90]
GOVERNING BODY
The Council created and constituted pursuant to the Charter.
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
The federal, state, county or Township governments and/or
lawfully created subdivisions of one or more of those forms of governments,
including but not limited to utility authorities, agencies, boards
and commissions.
[Added 10-9-1990 by Ord. No. 41-90]
MAYOR
The individual serving as chief executive officer of the
Township pursuant to the Charter.
MONTH
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association,
organization or other entity.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
Any group, partnership, limited partnership or corporation
whose primary purpose is religious in nature and is organized under
Title 16 of the New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 2-28-1995 by Ord. No. 3-95]
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Mount Olive in the County of Morris, State
of New Jersey, as governed by the provisions of the Charter.
YEAR
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.
This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the "Administrative
Code (1972)" and is sometimes referred to herein as the "code."
For the purposes of the Administrative Code and any other ordinances
heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the content 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. 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 is a Sunday
or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E. 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.
All ordinances and resolutions heretofore adopted by the Township
are in full force and effect to the extent that they are not inconsistent
with the Charter or this chapter.