[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:
The Municipal Clerk duly elected pursuant to law.
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 in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
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]
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
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.
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.
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.
The Township of Maplewood in the County of Essex and State
of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Committeemen of the Township.
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.Â
The present tense includes the past and future tense;
and the future, the present.
B.Â
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
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 is 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
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.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.
