[Adopted as Ch. I of the 1985 Revised General Ordinances]
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
For the purpose of this Code and in the interpretation and application
of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, unless defined
differently elsewhere in this Code or in any ordinance and except
as the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
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 Township Committee.
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.
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 Delaware in the County of Hunterdon and State
of New Jersey.
The Mayor and Committee of the Township.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 1-1, Short title, which immediately
preceded this section, was repealed 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10.
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-10]
For the purpose 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.
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 Code
shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or ordinance as amended,
whether or not such designation is included in the citation.
