For the purpose of this Code, and in the interpretation and application
of all other ordinances heretofore adopted, except as the context may otherwise
require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
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 assigned to such organizational
unit by the Township Committee.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of
this Code.
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 is adopted by the procedure required for
the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it remains 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
The Township of Andover in the County of Sussex and State of New
Jersey.
YEAR
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:
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 is
a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices of the Township are
closed, that day shall be excluded.
F. "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.
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.