[Adopted as Ch. 1 of the Revised General
Ordinances]
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 Borough of Norwood in the County of Bergen and State
of New Jersey.
The governing body of the borough, constituted and elected
pursuant to law.
One of the major divisions of the Code identified by a Arabic
numeral, and divided by subject matter.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
An organizational unit of the borough government established
or designated by ordinance of this Code as a department, together
with any agency or instrumentality of the borough government assigned
to such organizational unit by the Borough Council.
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 corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity, as well as an individual.
A major subdivision of a chapter.
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 subdivision of a section.
Includes printing, typewriting and any other mode of communication
using paper or similar material which is in general use, as well as
legible handwriting.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purpose of this Code and any other ordinances
heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise
require, the following rules of construction shall apply:
A.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses,
and the future, the present.
B.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
C.
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
D.
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 or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E.
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.
F.
Any citation of a statute, law or ordinance contained
in this Code shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or ordinance
as amended, whether or not such designation is included in the citation.
