In
the construction of this Code and of all ordinances of the City, the
following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would
be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Council or the
context clearly requires otherwise:
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall be construed as if followed by the words "of Creve Coeur,
Missouri".
CITY COUNCIL
The words "City Council" or "Council" shall mean the City Council of the City of Creve Coeur, Missouri.
Any reference to "Board of Aldermen" shall be interpreted to mean
the City Council.
CODE
The words "the Code" or "this Code" shall mean the "Code of Ordinances, City of Creve Coeur, 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 a Sunday, in which case it shall also be excluded.
COUNTY
The words "the County" or "this
County" shall mean the County of St. Louis, Missouri.
DAY
Any period of twenty-four (24) hours.
DAYTIME
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
GENDER
When any subject matter, party or person is described or
referred to by words importing the singular number or the masculine
gender, several matters and persons, and females as well as males,
and bodies corporate as well as individuals, are included
IN THE CITY
Includes 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
All words giving a joint authority to three (3) or more persons
or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority
of such persons or officers.
NIGHTTIME
The period of time between sunset and sunrise.
NUMBER
Whenever, in any Statute, 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
Includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an
affirmation may be substituted for an oath and in such cases, the
word "swear" or "sworn" shall be
equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed".
OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, ETC.
Officers, departments, boards, commissions, committees and
employees referred to in this Code shall mean officers, departments,
boards, commissions, committees and employees of the City of Creve
Coeur, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
OFFICIAL TIME
Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall
mean Central Standard Time or Daylight-Saving 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, tenant in partnership,
joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of
such building or land.
PERSON
Includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership,
business trust, corporation or company and any other group acting
as a unit. It shall also include an executor, administrator, trustee,
receiver or other representative appointed according to law. Whenever
the word "person" is used in any Section of this
Code prescribing a fine or penalty, as to partnerships or associations,
the word shall include the partners or members thereof and as to corporations,
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.
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.
REAL PROPERTY
Coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL, MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "MAY" is permissive.
SIGNATURE OR SUBSCRIPTION BY MARK
Includes a mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write,
such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by
a witness who writes his/her own name near the signer's or subscriber's
name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged
or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only
when two (2) witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
STATE
The words "the State" or "this State" shall be construed to mean the State of Missouri.
TENANT OR OCCUPANT
The word "tenant" or "occupant", applied to a building or land, shall include any person holding
a written or an oral lease of or who occupies the whole or a part
of such building or land, either alone or with others.
TENSES
The present tense includes the past and future tenses and
the future includes the present.
WEEK
Seven (7) consecutive days.
WRITING
Includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension
by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or
record is required or authorized by this Code, it shall be made in
writing in the English language, unless expressly provided otherwise.
YEAR
A calendar year beginning January first (1st) and ending
on the following December thirty-first (31st), except where otherwise
provided.