[Adopted as Secs. 1-2 and 1-3 of the 1973 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:
CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan E of the Optional Municipal Charter Law (N.J. Laws of 1950, Ch. 210, as amended).
[Amended 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2005]
CLERK or TOWNSHIP CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
DEPARTMENT
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 not allocated or assigned to such organizational unit.
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.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of this Code.[1]
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
ORDINANCE
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.
PERSON
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.
STREET
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.
TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL COUNCIL or COUNCIL
The governing body of the Township.
TOWNSHIP, MUNICIPAL or MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Old Bridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey.
[Amended 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2005]
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original definition of “Manager,” which previously followed this definition, was deleted 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2005.
For the purpose of this Code and any other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
A. 
The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
B. 
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, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices of the Township are closed, that day shall be excluded.
E. 
"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.
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.
G. 
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.