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 masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C. The singular number includes the plural and the plural
the singular.
D. "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
E. 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 Borough of Bradley Beach are closed, that day shall be excluded.
F. 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.
G. 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 this citation.
H. "Person" shall mean 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.
I. All references to "Board of Commissioners" shall refer
to "Mayor" and/or "Mayor and Council" and/or "Borough Council" as
the specific context requires.
For the purpose of this Code and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances and resolutions heretofore
or hereafter adopted by the Borough, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
BOARDWALK
Includes the wooden boardwalk and the brick paved promenade
area. The terms "boardwalk" and "promenade" shall be synonymous. Specifically
the boardwalk shall include all the area east of the roadway located
on Ocean Avenue, including and up to the bulkhead adjacent to the
sand portion of the beach.
CHARTER
See definition of "Small Municipality Plan of the Optional
Municipal Charter Law," below.
DEPARTMENT
An organization unit or group of organization units of the
administration branch of the Borough government so designated by this
Code.
DIVISION
An organizational unit within a Department.
GENERAL LAW
Any law or provision of law, not inconsistent with the ordinances
heretofore or hereafter enacted, which is, by its terms, applicable
or available to all municipalities, and the following additional laws,
whether or not such additional laws are so applicable or available
to all municipalities: legislation relating to taxation, local courts,
education, health, public authorities serving more than one municipality
and municipalities in unsound financial condition.
MAINTAIN
File, codify, index or preserve.
MONTH
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
MUNICIPAL OFFICER
Any person elected to, appointed to or employed in any position
defined by this Code.
ORDINANCE
Any and all ordinances of the Borough of Bradley Beach contained
in this Code, on record in the Borough Clerk's office, in force and
effect, and all duly approved ordinances thereafter.
SMALL MUNICIPALITY PLAN OF THE OPTIONAL MUNICIPAL CHARTER LAW
Chapter 465 of the Laws of the State of New Jersey of 1981,
as amended and supplemented, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-26 through
40A:69A-30; 40:69A-115 through 40:69A-117.3; 40:69A-120 through 40:69A-132;
40:69A-150; 40:69A-152; 40:69A-162 through 40:69A-167; 40:69A-168
through 40:69A-196; 40:69A-205 through 40:69A-210 and any and all
general laws as therein defined which are or may be applicable to
the Borough.
YEAR
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.