[Adopted 12-14-1994 as §§ 1-2 and 1-3 of the 1994
Code]
Unless otherwise expressly provided or the context is adverse or inconsistent
to such meaning, the following words and phrases, when used in this Code,
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
The Mayor and members of Council of the Township.
An organizational unit of the Township government established or
designated by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency
or instrumentality of the Township government assigned to the organizational
unit by the Township Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of
this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, 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.
Includes a sole owner and any part owner or joint owner of the whole
or of a part of a building, land or personal property.
The Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, also known as "R.S."
Any individual, natural person, partnership, joint venture, society,
association, club, trustee, trust, corporation or unincorporated group or
any officer, agent, employee, servant, factor or any kind of personal representative
of any thereof in any capacity, acting either for himself/herself or for any
other person, under either personal appointment or pursuant to law.
Next before and next after, respectively.
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, including the
unpaved portion of a right-of-way.
When applied to a building or land, any person who occupies all or
a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
The Township of Springfield in the County of Burlington, State of
New Jersey.
Seven consecutive days.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[Amended 7-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-13]
A.
For the purpose of this Code and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, words
and phrases shall be given their generally accepted meaning.
B.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses
and the future, the present.
C.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
D.
The singular number includes the plural and the plural,
the singular.
E.
"And" may include "or" and "or" may include "and."
F.
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
G.
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, a legal holiday or a day on which the offices of the Township are
closed, that day shall be excluded.
H.
"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.
I.
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.
J.
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions of the
revision identified by a number.
K.
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
L.
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section identified
by a capital letter.
M.
Titles of chapters, sections and subsections are for
reference only and are not a substantive part of this Code.
