[Adopted 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 1438 as Section 1-2 and 1-3 of the 1974 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:
CLERK OR TOWNSHIP CLERK
The Municipal Clerk duly elected pursuant to law.
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.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which has been discarded whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper or other natural or synthetic material or any combination thereof, including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can or any top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging or construction material.
[Added 12-2-1997 by Ord. No. 2045-97]
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 person, partnership, joint venture, society, association, club, trustee, trust, corporation or unincorporated group or any officer, agent, employee, servant, factor or any kind of personal representative 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 Maplewood in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
The Mayor and Committeemen of the Township.
YEAR
A calendar year, unless otherwise specifically provided.
[Amended 8-1-1995 by Ord. No. 1977]
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 tense; 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.
H. 
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.