[Adopted 12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 1046 as Ch. I 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 terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Bergenfield in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey.
BOROUGH COUNCIL or COUNCIL
The Mayor and Councilmen of the Borough.
CLERK or BOROUGH CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the Borough government established or designated by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency or instrumentality of the Borough government assigned to such organizational unit by the Borough Council.
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 shall have been adopted by the procedure required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it shall remain 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.
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 be a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the offices of the Borough 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 establishing time in effect in the State of New Jersey during any day in any year.
A. 
Conflicts within Code. In the event there is a conflict between any provision of this Code or any code adopted herein and any other provision of this Code or any other code adopted herein, the greater, more extensive or most restrictive provision shall govern.
B. 
Conflicts between Code and other regulations. In the event there is a conflict between any provision or code adopted in this Code and other statute, regulation, private deed restriction or any other applicable county, state or federal law, the greater, more extensive or most restrictive provision shall govern, to the extent permitted by law.
C. 
Persons responsible for enforcement and administration; conflicts. In the event there is a conflict between any of the provisions in the Building Code, the Basic Housing-Property Maintenance Code or the two Fire Prevention Codes adopted in this Code[1] with respect to the Borough officials or officials charged with the responsibility of enforcing and administering such codes, the Chief of the Fire Department and the members of the Fire Prevention Bureau shall be deemed to be the Borough officials having primary authority to enforce and administer all such conflicting provisions involving firematics and fire prevention, and the Building Inspector shall be deemed to be the Borough official having primary authority to enforce and administer all provisions involving construction, other than firematic and fire prevention matters.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 136, Uniform Construction Codes, Ch. 157, Fire Prevention, and Ch. 232, Property Maintenance.
If any chapter, section, subsection or paragraph of this Code shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such chapter, section, subsection or paragraph shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining chapters, sections, subsections or paragraphs of this Code.