[Adopted 12-27-1979 by Ord. No.
79-39 as Ch. 1 of the 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, the following definitions
shall apply:
The Administrator of the township duly appointed pursuant
to law.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
An organizational unit of the government established or designated
by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency
or instrumentality of the government assigned to such organizational
unit by the Mayor.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
An affirmation where an affirmation may be substituted for
an oath. In such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be construed
to be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
See "tenant."
The title of an officer or official shall be construed as
if the words "of the Township of West Windsor" followed it.
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.
Any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in
partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or
of a part of a building or land.
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies,
firms, partnerships and joint stock companies, as well as individuals,
and shall also include all political subdivisions of this state or
any agencies or instrumentalities thereof.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects,
evidences of debt and all written instruments by which any right to,
interest in or lien or encumbrances upon property or any debt or financial
obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged
or defeated, in whole or in part, and every thing, except real property
as herein defined, which may be the subject of ownership.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Next before and next after, respectively.
Real and personal property.
Any and every public ground, public square, public park or
other public place within the township.
Lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and
interests therein.
Any portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent
property line intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
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.
Any person who occupies the whole or part of such building
or land, whether alone or with others.
The Township of West Windsor in the County of Mercer and
State of New Jersey.
The governing body of the township through June 30, 1993.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Seven days.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "food market
area" and "food preparation area," which immediately preceded this
definition, were deleted 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-97.
For the purposes of this Code and any other
ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context
may otherwise require:
A.Â
The present tense includes the past and future tenses
and the future the present.
B.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter;
and the feminine gender includes the masculine and neuter.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
C.Â
The singular number includes the plural and the plural
the singular.
D.Â
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
E.Â
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.
F.Â
"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.Â
"And" may be construed as meaning "or" and "or" as
"and" if the sense requires and indicates such meaning.
H.Â
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.
I.Â
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.
J.Â
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions identified
by an Arabic number and divided by subject matter.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
K.Â
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
L.Â
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section
identified by a capital letter, an Arabic number in parenthesis or
any other subdivision below that point. [1]
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection M, the definition
of "paragraph," which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted
4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07.
