Adopted as Chapter I of the 1982 Compilation
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 Mount Arlington in the County of Morris and
State of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Councilmen of the Borough.
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 such 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 act of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted,
and including this Code, so long as it has been adopted by the procedure
required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it remains
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.
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.
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Editor's Note: Former § 1-1, Title, was deleted 3-15-1995
by Ord. No. 95-11.
[Amended 3-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-1]
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 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.
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
E.
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,
a legal holiday or a day on which the offices of the borough are closed,
that day shall be excluded.
F.
"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.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Section 1-4, Severability, which
immediately followed this section, was deleted by 3-15-1995 by Ord.
No. 95-11.
