In
the construction of this Code and of all ordinances of the City, the
following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would
be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Council or the
context clearly requires otherwise:
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall be construed as if followed by the words "of Caruthersville,
Missouri."
CODE
The words "the Code" or "this Code" shall mean the "Code of Ordinances, City of Caruthersville,
Missouri."
COMPUTATION OF TIME
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed
by excluding the first day and including the last. If the last day
is Sunday it shall be excluded.
COUNCIL
Whenever the word "Council" is used in this
Code, it shall be construed to mean the City Council of the City of
Caruthersville.
COUNTY
The words "the County" or "this
County" shall mean the County of Pemiscot.
DAY
"Day" is any period of twenty-four (24)
hours.
DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME
"Daytime" is the period of time between
sunrise and sunset. "Nighttime" is the period of
time between sunset and sunrise.
GENDER
When any subject matter, party or person is described or
referred to by words importing the singular number or the masculine
gender, several matters and persons, and females as well as males,
and bodies corporate as well as individuals, are included.
IN THE CITY
The words "in the City" shall mean and include
all territory over which the City now has, or shall hereafter acquire,
jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory
powers.
JOINT AUTHORITY
Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons
shall be construed as authority to a majority of the persons, unless
otherwise declared in the law giving the authority.
MONTH
The word "month" shall mean a calendar month.
NUMBER
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the
singular.
OATH
The word "oath" shall be construed to 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" or "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, ETC.
Officers, Departments, Boards, Commissions and employees
referred to in this Code shall mean Officers, Departments, Boards,
Commissions and employees of the City of Caruthersville unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
OFFICIAL TIME
Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall
mean central standard or daylight saving time, as may be in current
use in the City.
OR, AND
"Or" may be read "and," and "and" may be read "or," if
the sense requires it.
OWNER
The word "owner," applied to a building
or land, shall include any part-owner, joint owner, tenant in common,
tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the
whole or of a part of such building or land.
PERSON
"Person" includes any person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, corporation or company
and any other group acting as a unit. It shall also include an executor,
administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed
according to law. Whenever the word "person" is used
in any Section of this Code prescribing a fine or penalty, as to partnerships
or associations, the word shall include the partners or members thereof,
and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members
thereof who are responsible for any violation of such Section.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences
of debt.
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING
When used by way of reference to any Section of this Code,
mean the Section next preceding or next following that in which the
reference is made, unless some other Section is expressly designated
in the reference.
PROCESS
"Process" includes a writ or summons issued
in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal
nature.
PROPERTY
The word "property" shall include real and
personal property.
SHALL, MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive.
STATE
The words "the State" or "this State" shall be construed to mean the State of Missouri.
TENANT OR OCCUPANT
The word "tenant" or "occupant," applied to a building or land, shall include any person holding
a written or an oral lease of, or who occupies the whole or a part
of such building or land, either alone or with others.
TENSE
The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and
the future includes the present.
WEEK
A week consists of seven (7) consecutive days.
WRITTEN AND IN WRITING AND WRITING WORD FOR WORD
Includes printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing
words and letters, but in all cases where the signature of any person
is required, the proper handwriting of the person, or his/her mark,
is intended.
YEAR
The word "year" shall mean a calendar year,
beginning January first (1st) and ending on the following December
thirty-first (31st), except where otherwise provided.