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Township of Byram, NJ
Sussex County
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This chapter shall be known as the "Administrative Code of Byram Township."
A. 
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHARTER
The Council-Manager Plan and common provisions of the Optional Municipal Charter Law as adopted by the voters of the Township February 19, 1985, N.J.S.A. 40:69A, Articles 2, 9 and 17, and all applicable provisions of general law.
ORDINANCE
An enactment of Council in continuing, uniform regulation of public or governmental conduct. It shall be written, published and adopted after public hearing at a meeting following the one at which it was introduced (reference: N.J.S.A. 40:69A-18off and 40:49-1ff).
RESOLUTION
An action expressing the sense or will of 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 (reference: N.J.S.A. 40:69A-18off and 40:49-1).
B. 
Construction. For the purpose of this chapter and any other ordinances or resolutions heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
(1) 
The present tense includes the past and future tenses and the future, the present.
(2) 
The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, but the composite "he/she" and its correlatives may also be used when appropriate to the context
(3) 
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
(4) 
The word "shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
(5) 
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 Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
(6) 
The words "writing" and "written" mean any visual reproduction, words or numbers on paper or similar material that is in general use.
(7) 
The word "Charter" shall mean Council-Manager Plan of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq., and all applicable provisions of the general law.
A. 
It is the intent of Council in enacting this chapter to exercise fully the powers delegated by the Charter to organize and regulate its internal affairs, and the provisions of the chapter shall be construed liberally to that end.
B. 
The chapter shall be interpreted and administered so as to maintain the separation of legislative and administrative powers as provided in the Charter.