[Adopted 6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-010 (Secs.
1-2 and 1-3 of the 1996 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 be used:
The Director of the Department of Administration who shall
also be known as the "Township Business Administrator," appointed
in accordance with the Charter.
The Mayor-Council Plan of the Optional Municipal Charter
Law (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented and as
adopted by the voters of the Township.
The County of Ocean.
The calendar days.
An organizational unit of the municipal government established
or designated by or pursuant to the Administrative Code as a "department."
The administrative head of a department.
The Township Council as constituted and elected pursuant
to the Charter.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
The chief executive officer of the Township exercising the
executive powers of the municipality as set forth in the Charter.
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
The Township of Manchester in the County of Ocean, State
of New Jersey, and any corporate successor thereof.
Construed to include 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."
The title of "officer" or "official" shall be construed as
if the words "of the Township of Manchester" followed it.
An enactment of the Township Council in continuing uniform
regulation of public or governmental conduct. It shall be in writing,
published and adopted after public hearing at a meeting following
the one at which it was introduced.
When applied to a building or land, shall include any part
owner, any corporation, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership,
joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or of a part
of such building or land.
Any individual, natural persons, partnerships, joint ventures,
societies, associations, clubs, trustees, trusts, corporations or
unincorporated groups; or any officers, agents, employees, servants,
factors of any kind or personal representatives of any kind thereof
in any capacity, acting either for himself or for any other person,
under either personal appointment or pursuant to law.
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.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto
and interests therein.
An action expressing the sense or will of Township Council
on a matter of special or temporary interest. It shall be written
and may be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced, without
publication or public hearing.
Any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
Includes an 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. "Street" shall be considered to include a sidewalk or footpath,
unless the contrary is expressed or unless such construction is inconsistent
with the apparent intent.
Applied to a building or land, shall include any person who
occupies the whole or part of such building or land, whether alone
or with others.
Seven days.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
For the purposes 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 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.
"And" may be construed as meaning "or," and "or" as
"and," if the sense requires and indicates such meaning.
H.
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.
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.
