For the purpose of this revision, 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 Hamburg in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the government established or designated
by ordinance or this revision as a department, together with any agency or
instrumentality of the government assigned to such organizational unit by
the Borough Council.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter of
this revision.
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
ORDINANCE
Any act of local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, and
including this revision, 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.
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/herself
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 revision 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 revision, 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 revision shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or ordinance
as amended, whether or not such designation is included in the citation.