This book shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Roxbury (1978)" and is herein referred to as the "revision" .
For the purpose of this revision, and in the interpretation and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted. except as the context may otherwise require:
ADMINISTRATOR
Whenever the term "administrator" is used in the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Roxbury, such term shall mean the township manager.
CLERK OR TOWNSHIP CLERK
shall mean the municipal clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
COUNTY
shall mean the County of Morris.
DEPARTMENT
shall mean an organization unit of the township government established or designated by ordinance or this revision as a department, together with any agency or instrumentality of the township government assigned to such organization unit by the township council.
LICENSED
shall mean licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of this revision.
MANAGER
shall mean the township manager, deputy manager or acting manager appointed and serving pursuant to the charter or code.
MONTH
shall mean a calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
MUNICIPALITY
shall mean the Township of Roxbury in the County of Morris.
ORDINANCE
shall mean any act of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, and including this revision, 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.
PERSON
shall mean 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.
STATE
shall mean the State of New Jersey.
STREET
shall include 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.
TOWNSHIP
shall mean the Township of Roxbury in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
Whenever the term "township committee" or "committee" is used in the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Roxbury, such term shall mean the township council of the Township of Roxbury.
TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
shall mean the governing body of the Township of Roxbury.
YEAR
shall mean a calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purpose of this revision and any other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
The present tense includes the past and future tenses and
the future, the present.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
The singular number includes the plural and the plural. the singular.
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
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.
The singular number includes the plural and the plural. the singular.
"Writing" and "written" includes printing. typewriting. and any other mode of communication using paper or similar material which is in general use. as well as legible handwriting.
Whenever a specific time is used in this revision. it shall mean the prevailing and established time in effect in the State of New Jersey during any day in any year.
Any citation of a statute. law or ordinance contained in this revision shall be deemed to refer to such statute. law or ordinance as amended. whether or not such designation is included in the citation.
"Chapter" shall mean a major division of the revision. identified by a Roman Numeral. and divided by subject matter.
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section. identified by a decimal number.
"Paragraph" shall mean a subdivision under a subsection. identified by an alphabetical letter or Arabic number.
If any chapter, section or paragraph of this revision shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part. by a court of competent jurisdiction. such chapter, section. or subsection paragraph shall to the extent that it is not unconstitutional. invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining chapters, sections or paragraphs of this revision.
All ordinances heretofore adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Roxbury, of a general nature and relating to the subject matter herein contained, are repealed. The provisions of this code, as far as they are the same in substance as those heretofore existing ordinances shall be considered continuations of such ordinances and not new enactments. Any act done. offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time of such appeal are not affected by such repeal, but may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if such repeal had not been effected.
No ordinance or part of any ordinance heretofore repealed shall be considered reordained or reenacted by virtue of this code, unless specifically reenacted. The repeal of any curative or validating ordinances does not impair or affect any cure or validation already effected thereby.
Unless otherwise provided in this code, this code shall apply to all acts performed within the corporate limits of the Township of Roxbury. Provisions of this code shall also apply to acts performed outside the corporate limits and up to the limits provided by law, where the law confers power on the township to regulate such particular acts outside the corporate limits.
a. 
Refund of required fees. If an application for a license or permit is withdrawn by an applicant, or is not processed for any reason by a township official, or if the application is processed and rejected/denied by the township, the prepaid fee less a ten (10%) percent administrative handling charge shall be returned to the applicant provided that this such charge shall not be less than ten ($10.00) dollars. For fees required by the land use ordinances the cost of publication shall also be deducted from the amount to be refunded provided that the application has not been given any consideration by the appropriate reviewing board.
b. 
Refund of service charge, An administrative handling fee of ten ($10.00) dollars shall be retained by the township when an applicant withdraws or cancels a request for special services, participation in a township recreation program, or similar town ship operation.
c. 
No refund will be given if the application has been processed to conclusion and the applicant has received any part of the services or benefit for which the application was made.
d. 
This reimbursement shall not apply to fees established in the building construction codes. Any fees not governed by this section can only be refunded upon specific application to the township council.