[Prior code § 1-2; amended by Ord.
93-9 § 2, 1993]
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:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Ship Bottom in the county of Ocean and state
of New Jersey.
DEPARTMENT
An organization 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 such organization unit by the Borough council.
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
ORDINANCE
Any act of 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.
PERSON
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity, as well as an individual.
STREET
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.
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[Prior code § 1-3]
For the purpose of this code and any other ordinances previously
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 is a Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
"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.
"Title" means one of the 16 major divisions of the code.
"Chapter" means a major subdivision of a title.
"Section" means a subdivision of a chapter identified by a decimal
number.
"Subsection" means a subdivision under a section, identified
by an alphabetical letter and/or Arabic number.
[Prior code § 1-4]
If any title, chapter, section, subsection or paragraph of this
code shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative,
in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such title,
chapter, section, subsection or 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 titles, chapters, sections, subsections or paragraphs
of this code.