[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
The short title of this Code of Ordinances prepared and published
for the Borough of Hatboro shall be the "Borough of Hatboro Code of
Ordinances."
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
The Borough of Hatboro Code of Ordinances may be cited by section number. The approved short form is "Code." Thus, "Code, § 27-101" refers to § 101 of Chapter
27 of this Code of Ordinances.
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Chapter, subchapter, part, subpart, section, subsection, paragraph,
subparagraph, clause, and subclause headings contained in the Code
may not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or affect the scope, meaning
or intent of the Code. The headings of sections, subsections, or other
divisions of this Code are intended as mere captions to indicate the
contents of the section, subsection, or other division and shall not
be deemed to be taken as titles of such section, subsection, or other
division, nor as any part of said section, subsection, or other division
unless expressly so provided.
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Except as may be otherwise stated in any provision of this Code,
the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future
the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter,
the feminine includes the masculine and neuter, and the neuter includes
the masculine and feminine; and the singular includes the plural,
and the plural the singular.
[Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by addition
or deletion any part or portion of this Code, or to insert or delete
pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in
any manner whatsoever, except by ordinance or resolution or other
official act of the Borough Council.