The ordinances embraced in this and the following Chapters and
Sections shall constitute and be designated the "Municipal Code of
the City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri," and may be so cited.
The catchlines of the several Sections of this Code printed
in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents
of the Section and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such
Sections, nor as any part of the Section, nor, unless expressly so
provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such Sections, including
the catchlines, are amended or reenacted.
In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances and
resolutions passed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, the following
rules or definitions shall be observed, unless such construction would
be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen:
ALDERMAN
A member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Lake Tapawingo,
Missouri.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Whenever the words "Board of Aldermen", "Board", "this Board", or "the
Board" are used, they mean the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri.
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of Lake Tapawingo, in Jackson County, Missouri.
COMPUTATION OF TIME
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed
by excluding the first (1st) day and including the last. If the last
day is Sunday it shall be excluded.
COUNTY
The words "County", "the County", or "this County" shall mean Jackson County, Missouri.
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.
HIGHWAY
Shall include any street, alley, highway, avenue or public
place or square, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, underpass, overpass or causeway
in the City, dedicated or devoted to public use.
JOINT AUTHORITY
Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons
shall be construed as authority to a majority of persons unless otherwise
declared in the law giving the authority.
NUMBER
Any word importing the singular number shall include the
plural and any word importing the plural number shall include the
singular.
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" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed".
OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, ETC.
Whenever any Officer, Department, Board, Commission or other
agency is referred to by title alone, such reference shall be construed
as if followed by the words "of the City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri."
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
Shall extend and be applied to associations, corporations,
firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to
individuals. Whenever used with respect to any penalty, the word "person", as applied to partnerships or associations, shall
mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations,
the officers thereof.
ROADWAY
That portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular traffic.
SIDEWALK
Any portion of the street between the curb, or the lateral
line of the roadway and the adjacent property line, intended for the
use of pedestrians.
STATE
The words "the State" or "this State" shall be construed to mean the State of Missouri.
STREET
Shall include any highway, alley, street, avenue or public
place, square, bridge, viaduct, underpass, overpass, tunnel or causeway
in the City, dedicated or devoted to public use.
TENSE
Words used in the past or present tense include the future
as well as the past and present.
WRITTEN OR IN WRITING
Shall be construed to include any representation of words,
letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen that the Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this Code are severable and, if any, phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or Section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and Sections of this Code, since the
same would have been enacted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen without
the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or Section.