[Derived from Ch. I of the 1978 Code]
For the purpose of this Code and the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted,
except as the context may otherwise required, the words and phrases
below shall have the following meanings:
The Borough of Fort Lee in the County of Bergen and State
of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fort Lee.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
Any 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 Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
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 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.
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.
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.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.
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 Borough 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.
I.Â
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions of
the Code identified by a numeral and divided by subject matter.
J.Â
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
K.Â
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section.
