[Adopted by Ord. No. 1975-4 as Chapter 1 of the Revised General Ordinances]
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:
The Borough of Wrightstown in the County of Burlington and
State of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Council of the borough.
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
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 Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this revision.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
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.
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.
Include 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 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.
I.
"Chapter" shall mean one of the major divisions of
the revisions identified by an Arabic number and divided by subject
matter.
J.
"Section" shall mean a major subdivision of a chapter.
K.
"Subsection" shall mean a subdivision of a section,
identified by an alphabetical letter.
