[CC 1992 §100.010; R.O. 1979 §1.000]
The ordinances embraced in this and the following Chapters and
Sections shall constitute and be designated "The Revised Ordinances
of the City of Platte City, Missouri" and may be so cited. Such ordinances
shall be treated and considered as a comprehensive original ordinance,
which shall completely supersede all general ordinances of the City
of Platte City except where so designated otherwise. Such ordinances
may also be cited as "Platte City Code."
[CC 1992 §100.020; R.O. 1979 §1.100]
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, Chapter or ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest
intent of the Board of Aldermen, or unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
When a provision of this Code requires an act to be done
which may by law be done by an agent as well as by principal, such
requisition shall be construed to include all such acts when done
by an authorized agent.
The "Board of Aldermen" or the "Board" shall mean the Board of Aldermen of Platte City, Missouri.
Shall mean and be synonymous with Director of Public Safety.
The term "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of Platte City, Missouri; the term "the
County" or "this County" shall mean the
County of Platte; and the term "the State" or "this State" shall mean the State of Missouri.
The term "City Engineer" shall mean that
person designated or employed by the City to perform the functions
of City Engineer as provided in this Code or other ordinances of the
City.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed
by excluding the first (1st) and including the last day; and if the
last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that shall be excluded.
Shall mean and be synonymous with Chief of Police.
When any subject matter, party or person is described or
referred to by the words importing the masculine, the feminine as
well as masculine, and associations and bodies corporate, as well
as individuals, shall be deemed to be included.
Whenever the word "heretofore" occurs in
any Section of this Code, it shall be construed to mean anytime previous
to the day when Section shall take effect; and whenever the word "hereafter" occurs, it shall be construed to mean the time
after the Section containing such words shall take effect.
All words purporting to give a joint authority to three (3)
or more City Officers or other persons shall be construed as giving
such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless
it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority.
The term "month" shall mean a calendar month;
and the term "year" shall mean a calendar year, unless
otherwise expressly defined in such Section.
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" and the word "sworn" shall be equivalent to the word "affirm"
and the word "affirmed".
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.
Includes a corporation, partnership, association, organization
and any other group acting as a unit as well as an individual. 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 describing
a penalty or fine as to partnerships or associations, the word shall
include the partners or members thereof; and as to corporations, shall
include the officers or members thereof who are responsible for any
violation of any such Section.
Includes tangible and intangible personal property; the terms "tangible personal property" shall include money, goods
and chattel; and the term "intangible personal property" shall include all choses in action and evidences of debt.
The term "public way" or "street" shall include any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk
or other public thoroughfare; and the term "sidewalk" shall mean that portion of the street between the curb line and the
adjacent property line and intended for use of pedestrians.
The terms "real property", "premises", "real estate" or "land" shall be deemed to be coextensive with
land, tenements and hereditament.
In all cases where any Section of this Code shall require
an act to be done in a "reasonable time" or "reasonable notice" is to be given, such "reasonable
time" or "reasonable notice" shall be deemed
to mean such time as may be necessary for the prompt performance of
such duty or compliance with such notice.
"Shall" is mandatory; and the word "may" is permissive.
Where the written signature of any person is required, the
proper handwriting of such person or his/her mark shall be intended.
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.
The use of any verb in the present tense shall include the
future as well as the past, when applicable.
Seven (7) days; but publication in a newspaper of any notice
or other matter indicated to be for a stated number of weeks shall
be construed to mean one (1) insertion in each week; unless specifically
stated to be for each day of the week or for more than one (1) day
in each week; and all publications heretofore made in accordance with
the terms of this destination are hereby validated.
Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or ordinary
and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having a particular
and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to the
technical import.
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.
[CC 1992 §100.030; R.O. 1979 §1.200]
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 the titles of
such Sections, nor a 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 re-enacted.
[CC 1992 §100.040; R.O. 1979 §1.300]
Whenever any ordinance or part of any ordinance shall be amended
or repealed, either expressly or by implication, by subsequent ordinance,
the ordinance or part of an ordinance thus amended or repealed shall
continue in force until the ordinance amending or repealing the same
shall go into effect unless therein otherwise expressly provided;
but no suit, prosecution, proceeding, fine or penalty instituted,
created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to
its amendment or repeal shall in anywise be affected, released or
discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully
as if such ordinance or provision had continued in force, unless it
shall be therein otherwise expressly provided. Any addition, amendment
or repeal shall be deemed to be incorporated in this revision, so
that reference to the revised ordinances of Platte City or the Platte
City Code shall be understood as including such amendment, addition
or repeal.
[CC 1992 §100.050; R.O. 1979 §1.400]
When any ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision
shall be itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive
such former ordinance, clause or provision, unless it shall be expressly
so provided.
[CC 1992 §100.060; R.O. 1979 §1.500]
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the 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 or otherwise
invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, its invalidity 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 Board of Aldermen without
the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitutional or invalid
clause, phrase, sentence, paragraph or Section.
[CC 1992 §100.170]
All ordinances shall be incorporated into this Code unless specifically
provided otherwise. Any ordinance which provides that it shall not
become a part of the Code shall be designated as a "special ordinance".
