[Adopted 11-4-1970 as Ch. I of the 1970 Code]
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 City of Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland and State
of New Jersey.
The governing body of the City.
The municipal clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
[Amended 9-19-2017 by Ord. No. 17-20]
An organizational unit of the City government established
or designated by ordinance or this Code as a department, together
with any agency or instrumentality of the City government assigned
to such organizational unit by the City 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 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.
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.
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.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original 1-1, Short title,
which immediately preceded this section, was deleted 10-6-2003 by
Ord. No. 03-5.
For the purpose of this Code and any other ordinances
heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise
require:
A.Â
The present tense includes the past and future tenses
and the future, the present.
B.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C.Â
The singular number includes the plural and the plural,
the singular.
D.Â
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
E.Â
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 City are closed, that day shall be excluded.
F.Â
"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.Â
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.
