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This Chapter and the following chapters constitute and shall
be designated as the "Code of Princeton, New Jersey, 2013," and may
be so cited.
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In the construction of this Code and of all other Princeton
ordinances, words and phrases shall be read and construed with their
context and shall, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of
the governing body or unless another or different meaning is expressly
indicated, be given their generally accepted meaning according to
the approved usage of the language. Technical words and phrases and
words and phrases having a special or accepted meaning in the law
shall be construed in accordance with such technical or special and
accepted meaning.
In such construction, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein given:
CODE
The words "the Code" or "this Code" shall mean the Code of
Princeton, New Jersey 2013.
COMPUTATION OF TIME
Whenever a notice is required to be given or an act to be
done a certain length of time before any proceeding shall be had,
the day on which such notice is given or such act is done shall not
be counted in computing the time, but the day on which such proceeding
is to be had shall be counted.
COUNTY
The words "county," "the county" or "this county" shall mean
the County of Mercer.
GENDER
Words importing gender shall apply to females as well as
to males, and to bodies corporate, partnerships, limited partnerships
and associations, foreign and domestic, as well as to individuals.
GOVERNING BODY
Governing Body shall mean the council, unless the context
requires the meaning mayor and council.
MONTH
The word "month" shall refer to a calendar month.
MUNICIPALITY
The word "municipality" shall mean Princeton, a municipal
corporation of the State of New Jersey.
NUMBER
Words used in the singular number shall include the plural,
and words used in the plural number shall include the singular number.
OATH
The word "oath" shall be construed to include an affirmation
where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. In such cases
the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be construed to be equivalent
to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
OFFICER OR OFFICIAL IN TITLE
The words "officer" or "official," and the title of an officer
or official, shall be construed as if the words "of Princeton" followed
them.
OFFICER; SUBORDINATE OFFICER; EMPLOYEE
The following definitions apply only in connection with the
procedures set forth in Chapter 2 of this Code which specifically
address the appointment, hiring, promotion, discipline, suspension
or discharge (as applicable) of subordinate officers and employees
of the municipality: the word "officer" shall apply only to the mayor
and council members; the term "subordinate officer" shall apply to
(a) the holder of an office created or recognized by state law, including
but not limited to the administrator, attorney, prosecutor, public
defender, construction official, subcode officials and engineer, and
(b) the holder of an office established by the council who is responsible
for performing a permanent municipal function; and the word "employee"
shall mean a person employed directly by Princeton.
OWNER
The word "owner" shall include 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.
PERSON
The word "person" shall include corporations, companies,
clubs, societies, firms, partnerships, associations, organizations
and any other group or entity acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
PRECEDING; FOLLOWING
The words "preceding" and "following" shall mean next before
and next after, respectively.
PRINCETON
The word "Princeton" shall mean Princeton, a municipal corporation
of the State of New Jersey, in Mercer County, New Jersey.
SHALL; MAY
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
SIDEWALK
The word "sidewalk" shall mean any portion of a street between
the curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use
of pedestrians.
STATE
The words "state," "the state" or "this state" shall mean
the State of New Jersey.
STREET
The word "street" shall mean and include public highways,
roads, avenues, courts, public lanes, alleys and sidewalks.
TENANT OR OCCUPANT
The words "tenant" or "occupant," applied 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.
TENSE
Words used in the past or present tense include the future,
as well as the past and present.
WEEK
The word "week" shall mean a calendar week.
WRITING; WRITTEN
The words "writing" and "written" shall include printing
and any other mode of representing words, letters and figures.
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The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the
same in substance as those of ordinances existing at the time of the
effective date of this Code, shall be considered as continuations
thereof and not as new enactments.
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The catchlines of the several sections of this Code are intended
as mere catch-words to indicate the contents of the section and shall
not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, neither as any
part of the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they
be so deemed when any of such sections, including the catchlines,
are amended or reenacted.
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Each section of this Code is hereby declared to be a separate
section, and the determination of any section or part thereof to be
void shall not affect the validity of any other section or part thereof.