[Adopted as Ch. 1, Sec. 1-2, of the 1975 Code]
In the construction of this Code and of all legislation, the
following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would
be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Village Board of Trustees.
As used in this Code, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Solvay.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Solvay.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the village.
[Amended 10-8-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
The legal boundary of the Village of Solvay.
The County of Onondaga in the State of New York.
Includes persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs
and partnerships, whether acting by themselves or through a servant,
agent or employee.
The Mayor of the Village of Solvay, and where an ordinance
or section shall direct that an act be performed or decision be made
by the "Mayor," such expression shall be deemed to include not only
the Mayor, but the Acting Mayor in the absence of the Mayor or any
member of the Board designated by the Board or the Mayor to perform
the act or exercise the discretion referred to; but this provision
shall not be construed to authorize the Mayor or the Board to delegate
any power or duty on the part of the Mayor to any other person except
a member of the Board of Trustees of the village or except as otherwise
provided by law.
A calendar month.
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."
As 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 of the whole or of a part of such building
or land.
Extends and is applied to associations, clubs, societies,
firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to
individuals.
Includes every species of property except real property,
as herein described.
The member or members of the Board designated by the Mayor
to act as Police Commissioners or on the Police Committee.
Next before and next after, respectively.
Place or places.
Includes real and personal property.
Includes any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley,
public place, public driveway or any other public way within the village.
Any park, cemetery, school yard or open space adjacent thereto,
all streets and parking fields and all waterways.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
The place adopted by a person as his place of habitation
and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
When a person eats at one place and sleeps at another, the place where
such person sleeps shall be deemed his "residence."
The Village or Corporate Seal.
Any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
The State of New York.
Embraces streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes,
viaducts and all other public highways in the village and shall refer
to that part of a public highway intended for pedestrians.
The Superintendent of Public Works of the village.[1]
The persons appointed to said offices by the Board of Trustees.
As applied to a building or land, shall include any person
holding a written or oral lease or who occupies the whole or a part
of such building or land, either alone or with others.
Any person elected to that office and shall include those
persons who hold offices who are ex officio.
Except where otherwise defined, an automobile, motorcycle,
cart, wagon, buggy, bicycle, sled, sleigh or airplane and shall include
any device of any kind or character used or designed to be used for
the purpose of transporting persons or things.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Solvay.
That officer of the village.
Seven days.
A.
Computation of time. Whenever a notice is required to be given or
an act to be done a certain length of time before any proceeding shall
be had, the day on which such notice is given or such act is done
shall be counted in computing the time, but the day on which such
proceeding is to be had shall not be counted.
B.
Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision appears requiring the
head of a department of the village to do some act or make certain
inspections, it is to be construed to authorize the head of the department
to designate, delegate and authorize subordinates to perform the required
act or make the required inspection, unless the terms of the provision
or section designate otherwise.
C.
Gender. 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.
D.
Interpretation. 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 the general provisions imposed
by the Code, the provisions imposing the greater restriction or regulation
shall be deemed to be controlling.
E.
Joint authority. 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.
F.
Name of officer. Whenever the name of an officer is given, it shall
be construed as though the words "of the Village of Solvay" were added.
G.
Nontechnical and technical words. 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.
H.
Number. A word importing the singular number only may extend and
be applied to several persons and things as well as to one person
and thing.
I.
Or; and. "Or" may be read "and" and "and" may be read "or" if the
sense requires it.
J.
Signature; subscription. The signature or subscription of a person
shall include a mark when the person cannot write.
K.
Time. Words used in the past or present tense include the future
as well as the past and present.
L.
Village; corporation. Whenever the words "the village," "this village,"
"the corporation" or "this corporation" are used, they shall be construed
as if the words "of Solvay, New York" followed them.
M.
Written; in writing. The words "written" or "in writing" shall be
construed to include any representation of words, letters or figures,
whether by printing or otherwise.
