[Code 1962, § 1-1]
The ordinances embraced in the chapters and sections of Part
II of this volume shall constitute and be designated as the "Code
of Ordinances, City of Milford, Connecticut," and may be so cited.
[Code 1962, § 1-5]
The catchlines of the various sections of this Code, printed
in boldface type, are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the
contents of the sections and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles
of such sections, nor as any part of any section, nor, unless expressly
so provided, shall they be so deemed when any section, including its
catchline, is amended or reenacted.
[Code 1962, § 1-2; Ord. 65-7, § 5, 6-24-1965]
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances of the
City, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be
observed, unless they are inconsistent with the manifest intent of
the Board of Aldermen or the context clearly requires otherwise:
Generally. The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed
to effect the purposes expressed therein or implied from the expression
thereof. In case of doubt or ambiguity in the meaning of such provisions,
the general shall yield to the particular. Reference for interpretation
and construction shall tend to further the accomplishment of the elimination
of the particular mischiefs for which the provisions were enacted.
Words shall be construed in their common and usual significance unless
the contrary is clearly indicated. In the interpretation and application
of any provision of this Code, it shall be held to be the minimum
requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety,
comfort, convenience and general welfare. Where any provision of the
Code imposes greater restrictions upon the subject matter than other
more general provisions imposed by the Code, the provision imposing
the greater restriction or regulation shall be deemed to be controlling.
Whenever the word "board" is used, unless otherwise specified,
it shall be construed to mean the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Milford, Connecticut.
The word "Charter" shall mean the Charter of the City of
Milford, Connecticut, specifically, Special Act No. 139 of 1959, as
amended.
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of
Milford in the County of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut.
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 Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
Whenever the words "corporate limits," "corporation limits"
or "City limits" are used, they shall mean the legal boundary of the
City of Milford, Connecticut.
The words "the county" or "this county" shall mean the County
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut.
A word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and
be applied to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations
as well as to males.
The words "General Statutes" shall mean the revision of 1958
of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut and all amendments
thereto.
All words giving a joint authority to three or more persons
or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority
of such persons or officers unless otherwise specifically provided.
The words "keeper" and "proprietor" shall mean and include
persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs and partnerships,
whether acting by themselves or through a servant, agent or employee.
The word "may" is permissive.
Whenever the word "Mayor" is used, it shall mean the Mayor
of the City of Milford, Connecticut.
The word "month" shall mean a calendar month.
Whenever the name of an officer is given, it shall be construed
as though the words "of the City of Milford" were added.
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common
and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases
and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning
in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.
A word importing the singular number only may extend and
be applied to several persons or things, and a word importing the
plural number may apply to one person or thing.
The word "oath" shall include an affirmation in all cases
in which by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and
in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to
the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
If the sense requires it, "or" may be read "and"; "and" may
be read "or."
The word "owner," applied to a building or land, shall include
any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership
or joint tenant of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
The word "person" shall extend and be applied to associations,
firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to
individuals.
The term "personal property" shall include every species
of property except real property, as herein described.
The words "preceding" and "following" shall mean next before
and next after, respectively.
Whenever the word "premises" is used, it shall mean place
or places.
The word "property" shall include real and personal property.
The term "real property" shall include lands, tenements and
hereditaments.
Whenever the word "seal" is used, it shall mean the City
or Corporate Seal.
The word "shall" is mandatory.
That area within any street which is designed for the pedestrian
travel of the public, and shall also include any area along and parallel
to any street between the building line and the street line of such
street which is paved as a sidewalk for the pedestrian travel of the
public.
The word "signature" or "subscription" shall include a mark
when the person cannot write.
The word "state" shall mean the State of Connecticut.
The word "street" shall include avenues, boulevards, highways,
roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto,
and all other public thoroughfares in the City and shall mean all
that part thereof from the property line of the premises abutting
thereon.
The words "tenant" and "occupant," applied to a building
or land, shall mean any person who occupies the whole or a part of
such building or land, whether alone or with others.
Words used in the past or present tense include the future
as well as the past and present.
The word "week" shall be construed to mean seven days.
The term "written" or "in writing" shall include any representation
of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
The word "year" shall mean a calendar year, unless otherwise
stated.
[Code 1962, § 1-6]
The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances which
were in force before or at the time the ordinances which repealed
took effect without express words to that effect.
[Code 1962, § 1-7]
The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment,
penalty or forfeiture incurred before the repeal takes effect, or
any suit, prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal,
for any offense committed, or for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture
incurred under the ordinance repealed.
[Code 1962, § 1-3]
The provisions appearing in this Code, insofar as they are the
same as those of the ordinances existing at the time of the adoption
of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof and not
as new enactments.
[Code 1962, § 1-4].
If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Code is for any reason declared to be unconstitutional or
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code.
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of this Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Milford to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-9 hereof.
[Code 1962, § 1-8; Ord. of 3-2-1992]
Whenever in this Code, or in any other ordinance, rule or regulation
promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority vested
in him or it by law or ordinance, any act is prohibited or is declared
to be unlawful, or the doing of any act is required, or the failure
to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty
is provided therefor either by this Code or state law, the violation
of any such provision of this Code, or any other ordinance, rule or
regulation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $90.
Each day any violation of this Code or any such ordinance, rule
or regulation of the City continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. of 6-5-1978, §§ 1, 2; Ord. of 5-24-1989]
(a)
The City Clerk is authorized to make available for public sale paperback
editions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milford. The selling
price to the public of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milford
shall be equal to the actual City costs, per edition, plus an administrative
charge of 5%.
(b)
The City Clerk is authorized to make available for public sale supplements
to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milford as might from time
to time be published. The selling price to the public of such supplements
to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milford shall be equal to
the actual City cost, per supplement, plus an administrative charge
of 5%.
