[Adopted with 2017 Code revisions (upon enactment, adoption
information will be inserted here)]
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 following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Harrington Park in the County of Bergen and
State of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Council members of the Borough of Harrington
Park.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
An organizational unit of the Borough government established
or designated by ordinance or this Code as a department, together
with any agency or instrumentality of the Borough government assigned
to the organizational unit by the Borough Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, and
including this Code, so long as it shall have been adopted by the
procedure required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as
it shall remain 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.
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.
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.
The present tense includes the past and the 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 word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" permissive.
E.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding
the first day and including the last day, and if the last day is a
Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which the offices of the Borough
of Harrington Park are closed, the day shall be excluded.
F.
The word "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 Code, it shall mean the
prevailing and established time in effect in the State of New Jersey
during any day in any year.
H.
The word "used" shall include "designed, intended or arranged to
be used."
