[Adopted 12-8-1975 by L.L. No. 4-1975 as §§ 1.3, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.15 of the 1975 Code]
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
B. 
The singular number includes the plural.
C. 
A word importing the masculine gender only shall also be construed to include females, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities capable of being sued.
Any material contained in brackets shall not be deemed to be a part of this Code. Such material contained therein is intended to show the adoption date, effective date and comments on any changes. Likewise, any commentaries, footnotes, cross-references, citations of authority or other annotations shall not be deemed a part of this Code but are inserted editorially solely to assist in the use and interpretation of this Code.
Wherever the requirements of any ordinance or portion thereof are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulation, ordinance or other enactment, the most restrictive, or that imposing the highest standards, shall govern, unless a contrary intent is expressly stated.
The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate the purposes for which this Code and the ordinances and local laws contained herein are enacted.
[Added 2-11-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
A. 
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part of the Code of the Town of Blooming Grove shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be inconsistent with any provision of the Town Law or any special law, said clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part shall amend or supersede in its application to this Code any provision of the Town Law or special law relating to the property, affairs or government of the Town or other matters in relation to which and to the extent to which it is authorized to adopt local laws by Article IX of the State Constitution or § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, unless the legislature expressly shall have prohibited the adoption of such a local law.
B. 
Consistent with Municipal Home Rule Law § 22, the failure of the Town Board in adopting a local law changing or superseding any provision of a state statute or of a prior local law or ordinance to specify the chapter or local law or ordinance, number and year of enactment, section, subsection or subdivision which it is intended to change or supersede shall not under any circumstance affect the validity of such local law. Necessary implications and intendments that such local law change or supersede such state statutes, prior local law or ordinance shall be supplied and given effect and shall be as much a part thereof as if written therein.
C. 
The following sections shall be specifically superseded, as applicable: Town Law § 1 through the end, inclusive, or any special law, except where the legislature has expressly prohibited supersession.