In
the construction of this Code and of all other ordinances of the City,
the following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed,
unless it shall be otherwise expressly provided in any Section or
ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the
City Council, or unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
CERTIFIED MAIL OR CERTIFIED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Includes certified mail carried by the United States Postal
Service or any parcel or letter carried by an overnight, express or
ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to electronically
track its location and provides record of the signature of the recipient.
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of Louisiana, Missouri.
CITY COUNCIL
The words "City Council" or "the
Council" shall mean the City Council of Louisiana.
CODE
The words "the Code" or "this Code" shall mean the "Code of Ordinances, City of Louisiana, Missouri".
COMPUTATION OF TIME
The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is
computed by excluding the first (1st) day and including the last,
unless the last day is Sunday, in which case it shall also be excluded.
COUNTY
The words "the County" shall mean the County
of Pike, State of Missouri.
DAY
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 masculine, females as well as males,
and associations and bodies corporate as well as individuals, shall
be deemed to be 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 such persons, unless
otherwise declared in the law giving the authority.
NUMBER
When ever words importing the plural number are used in describing
or referring to any matter, parties or persons, any single matter,
party or person is included, although distributive words are not used.
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" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" or "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 Louisiana unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
OFFICIAL TIME
Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall
mean central standard or daylight savings 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,
joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a part of
such building or land.
PERSON
The word "person" may extend and be applied
to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated
associations.
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
Includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial
proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature.
PROPERTY
Includes real and personal property.
PUBLIC WAY
Includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway,
sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.
REAL PROPERTY
The terms "real property", "premises", "real estate" or "lands" shall be deemed to be coextensive with
lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL, MAY
The word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
SIDEWALK
That portion of the street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians, including
sidewalks over private property where curbline and property line are
the same.
SIGNATURE
Where the written signature of any person is required, the
proper handwriting of such person or his/her mark shall be intended.
STATE
The words "the State" or "this State" shall mean the State of Missouri.
STREET
The word "street" shall mean and include
any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley
or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include
all of them.
TENANT, OCCUPANT
The word "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
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, 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
A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord".