This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Administrative Code (1971)" and is herein referred to as "the code."
For the purpose of this chapter 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:
CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan F of Chapter 210 of New Jersey Laws of 1950, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-74 et seq., as amended and supplemented, and any and all statutory provisions of the State of New Jersey as may be lawfully applicable to the municipality.
[Amended 5-21-1986 by Ord. No. O-15A-86]
CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to the Charter or this chapter.
COUNCIL
The local legislative body of the municipality constituted and elected pursuant to the Charter.
DEPARTMENT
An organization unit of the municipal government established or designed by or pursuant to the Administrative Code as a department.
DIRECTOR
The administrative head of a department.
GOVERNING BODY
The Municipal Council as constituted under the Charter.
MONTH
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Monroe in the County of Gloucester. State of New Jersey, and any corporate successor thereof.
PERSON
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or other entity, as well as an individual.
YEAR
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.
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Editor's Note: The original definition of "finance officer," which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 5-21-1986 by Ord. No. O-15A-86.
For the purposes of the Administrative 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 includes the present.
B. 
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
C. 
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
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 is a Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
E. 
The words "writing" and "written" shall include printing, typewriting, photocopying and any other mode of communication using paper or similar material which is in general use, as well as legible handwriting.
In addition to such other sanctions as may be provided by law, a violation of any prohibition in this chapter, for which no penal sanction is otherwise provided, shall be punishable as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.