[R.O. 1966 § 1:1-3]
Unless otherwise expressly provided, or unless there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, the following words and phrases when used in the "Revised General Ordinances of Newark, 2000" or in any other ordinances of the City, shall have the meaning herein given:
AND; OR ANDMay be construed as meaning or, and or as and, if the sense requires it.
CHARTERShall mean the provisions of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, L. 1950, c. 210, as amended (N.J.S. 40:69A-1 et seq.) applicable to that form of government provided therein known as "Mayor-Council Plan C."
CITYShall mean the City of Newark in the County of Essex.
CITY CLERK OR CLERKShall mean the Municipal Clerk of the City of Newark, who also serves as Clerk of the Council.
COUNTYShall mean the County of Essex.
GENDERWords importing the masculine gender shall apply to females as well as to males, and to firms, associations, bodies corporate, and other artificial persons.
GENERAL LAWShall mean any law or provision of law, not inconsistent with the Optional Municipal Charter Law, heretofore or hereafter enacted which is by its terms applicable or available to all municipalities, and the following additional laws whether or not such additional laws are so applicable or available to all municipalities: legislation relating to taxation; local courts; education; health; public authorities serving more than one municipality; and municipalities in unsound financial condition.
GOVERNING BODYMeans the Municipal Council of the City of Newark elected pursuant to Mayor-Council Plan C of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, consisting of nine elected council-members.
MONTHShall mean a calendar month.
MUNICIPALITYShall mean the City of Newark in the County of Essex
NEW JERSEY STATUTES OR N.J.S.Means that body of statutory law containing revisions of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey and known as the New Jersey Statutes, as amended and supplemented.
NUMBERWords used in the singular number include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular number.
OATHShall mean and include "affirmation"; and "swear" and "sworn" include "affirm" and "affirmed."
OFFICER OR OFFICIAL ANDThe title of an officer or official or of an official body, shall be construed as if the words "of the City of Newark" followed it.
OWNERShall mean and include sole owner and any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or of a part of a building or land, and personal property.
PERSONShall mean and include corporations, companies, societies, firms, partnerships, associations, organizations and any other group or entity acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
PERSONAL PROPERTYShall mean and include goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and every thing, except real property as herein defined, which may be the subject of ownership.
PROPERTYShall mean and include real and personal property.
PUBLIC GROUND, PUBLIC SQUARE OR PUBLIC PLACE SEVERALLYShall mean any and every public ground, public square, public park or other public place within the City which is within the jurisdiction and control of the City, and which is or may be in general use by all citizens, and in which all have an equal right of passage and repassage at will.
REAL PROPERTYShall mean and include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereof and interest therein.
SIDEWALKShall mean any portion of a street or highway between the curb line or the lateral line of a shoulder, or if none, the lateral line of the roadway, and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATEShall mean the State of New Jersey.
STREETShall mean and includes highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, courts, public lanes, alleys, sidewalks, foot paths and all other public highways for vehicular or pedestrian travel.
TENANT OR OCCUPANTApplied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
WEEKShall mean seven days.
WRITINGExcept as to signatures, "writing" and "written" shall mean and include printing and any other mode of representing words, letters and figures.
