[Adopted 10-26-1995 by Ord. No.
26-1995 as Secs. 1-1 to 1-7 of the 1994 Code]
Unless otherwise expressly provided or the context
is adverse or inconsistent to such meaning, the following words and
phrases, when used in this Code, shall have the following meaning:
The Municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to law.
The members of Council of the Township.
An organizational unit of the Township government established
or designated by ordinance or this Code as a department, together
with any agency or instrumentality of the Township government assigned
to the organizational unit by the Township Council.
The Mayor and Township Council.
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Any local legislation heretofore or hereafter adopted, including
this Code, so long as it shall have been adopted by the procedure
required for the adoption of an ordinance and so long as it shall
remain in force and effect pursuant to law.
Includes a sole owner and any part owner or joint owner of
the whole or of a part of a building, land or personal property.
Any individual, natural person, partnership, joint venture,
society, association, club, trustee, trust, corporation or unincorporated
group or any officer, agent, employee, servant, factor or any kind
of personal representative of any thereof in any capacity, acting
either for himself/herself or for any other person, under either personal
appointment or pursuant to law.
Next before and next after, respectively.
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, including the unpaved portion of a right-of-way.
When applied to a building or land, any person who occupies
all or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
The Township of Washington, County of Gloucester, State of
New Jersey.
Seven consecutive days.
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
[Amended 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
A.
For the purpose of this Code and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted,
words and phrases shall be given their generally accepted meaning.
B.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses
and the future, the present.
C.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
D.
The singular number includes the plural and the plural,
the singular.
E.
"And" may include "or" and "or" may include "and."
F.
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
G.
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.
H.
"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.
I.
Whenever a specific time is used in this Code, it
shall mean the prevailing and established time in effect in the State
of New Jersey during any day in any year.
The Seal heretofore provided and used by the
Township is hereby continued as the Official Seal of the Township.
A.
Maximum penalty. For violation of any provision of
this chapter, any other chapter of this Code or any other ordinance
of the Township where no specific penalty is provided regarding the
section or sections violated, the penalty shall, upon conviction,
be one or more of the following:
B.
Separate violations. Except as otherwise provided,
each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this chapter
or any other ordinance of the Township exists shall constitute a separate
violation.
C.
Application. The maximum penalty stated in this section
is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for each and every
violation. Any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty
at all, may be appropriate for a particular case or violation.
D.
Suspension or revocation of license or permit. In
addition to the penalty set forth in this section, any license or
permit issued in accordance with the term of this Code may be suspended
or revoked for any violation relating to such license or permit.