As used in the Code, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of Northampton, in the County of Hampshire, and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION
Includes a person's actual or perceived gender, as well as
a person's gender identity, gender-related self-image, gender-related
appearance, or gender-related expression whether or not that gender
identity, gender-related self image, gender-related appearance, or
gender-related expression is different from that traditionally associated
with a person's sex at birth.
[Added 12-15-2005]
OATH
Includes 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."
OWNER
Applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant
by the entirety, or trustee of the whole or of a part of such building
or land.
PERSON
Associations, firms, partnerships, trusts and bodies politic
and corporate as well as individuals.
PUBLIC GROUNDS OR SQUARES
Includes commons and all public lands and those parts of
public places which do not form traveled parts of highways.
STREET
Includes public ways, streets, avenues, boulevards, roads,
alleys, lanes, courts, viaducts, public squares, and all other public
highways in the City.
TENANT or OCCUPANT
Applied to a building or land, includes any person holding
a written or oral lease of or occupying the whole or a part of such
building or land, either alone or with others.
WAY
Any public highway, private way laid out under authority
of statute, or way dedicated to public use.
WRITING or IN WRITING
Includes any representation of words, letters or figures,
whether by printing or otherwise.