A.
The Municipal Council adopts this chapter as an administrative code for the organization and administration of the government of the Township, pursuant to Mayor-Council Plan of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, Laws of 1950, Chapter 210, as amended (N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.).
B.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
"Administrative Code of Old Bridge."
A.
ADMINISTRATOR
CHARTER
CLERK
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR
GENERAL LAW
GOVERNING BODY
MONTH
MUNICIPALITY
ORDINANCE
PERSON
PRESIDENT
YEAR
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Director of the Department of Administration, who shall
be known and designated as the "Business Administrator," appointed
pursuant to the Charter and this chapter, or any Assistant, Deputy
or Acting Administrator serving in place of the Business Administrator
pursuant to the Charter or this chapter.
The Municipal Clerk appointed pursuant to the Charter and
this chapter.
The local legislative body of the municipality constituted
and elected pursuant to the Charter and this chapter and designated
as the "Municipal Council of the Township of Old Bridge."
An organizational unit of the municipal government. All of
the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality,
other than those vested in the office of the Municipal Clerk or office
of the Municipal Tax Assessor, are allocated and assigned among and
within the departments which are established or designated by or pursuant
to this chapter.
The head of a department appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the Council.
Any law or provision of law, not inconsistent with the Optional
Municipal Charters Law,[2] heretofore or hereafter enacted which is, by its terms,
applicable or available to all municipalities, and the following additional
laws, whether or not such additional laws are so applicable or available
to all municipalities: legislation relating to taxation, local courts,
education, health, public authorities serving more than one municipality
and to municipalities in unsound financial condition.
The Municipal Council as constituted under the Charter.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
The Township of Old Bridge in the County of Middlesex.
An act of the Council as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:49-1 et seq.
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization
or other entity, as well as an individual.
The President of the Council.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
B.
Construction. For the purpose of this chapter and
any other ordinance or resolution 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.
(3)
The singular number includes the plural; and the plural,
the singular.
(4)
"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 day and including the last day, and,
if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, that day shall
be excluded.
(6)
"Writing" and "written" include any printing, typewriting
and any other mode of communication using paper or similar material
which is in general use, including but not limited to data sheets,
data processing cards, photographs, photographic negatives, photo
record, tape recordings, wire recordings, transcripts or recordings,
as well as legible handwriting.