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Township of Old Bridge, NJ
Middlesex County
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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. 
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATOR
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.
CHARTER
Mayor-Council Plan of Chapter 210 of New Jersey Laws of 1950, as amended and supplemented.[1]
CLERK
The Municipal Clerk appointed pursuant to the Charter and this chapter.
COUNCIL
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."
DEPARTMENT
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.
DIRECTOR
The head of a department appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
GENERAL LAW
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.
GOVERNING BODY
The Municipal Council as constituted under the Charter.
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Old Bridge in the County of Middlesex.
ORDINANCE
An act of the Council as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:49-1 et seq.
PERSON
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or other entity, as well as an individual.
PRESIDENT
The President of the Council.
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:69A-1 et seq.
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.