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 Fenton,
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 Fenton, Missouri.
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of
Fenton, in St. Louis County, Missouri.
COUNTY
The words "County," "the County" or "this County" shall mean
St. Louis County, Missouri.
DAY
Unless otherwise specified, the term "day" shall mean a calendar
day.
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 Fenton, 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 or fine, the
word "person," as applied to partnerships or associations, shall include
the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations and
limited liability companies, 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.
PROPERTY
Shall include real and personal property.
REAL PROPERTY
The terms "real property," "premises," "real estate," or
"lands" shall be deemed to be co-extensive with lands, tenements,
and hereditaments.
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.
TENANT or OCCUPANT
The words "tenant" or "occupant," applied to a building or
land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of
such building or land, whether alone or with others.
TENSE
Words used in the past or present tense include the future
as well as the past and present.
WRITTEN, 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.