For the purpose of this chapter, except as the context may otherwise required, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHARTER
Council Manager Plan E of the Optional Municipal Charter Law (New Jersey Laws of 1950, Chapter 210, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.), as amended.
GENERAL LAW
Statutes which are not inconsistent with the Charter and either are by their terms applicable or available to all municipalities or relate to taxation, local courts, education, health, public authorities serving more than one municipality and municipalities in an unsound financial condition.