[R.O. 2012 §100.020; CC 1975 §1-1]
The ordinances embraced in this and the following Chapters and
Sections shall constitute and be designated "The Code of the City
of Normandy, Missouri." Such ordinances may also be cited as the "Normandy
City Code."
[R.O. 2012 §100.030; CC 1975 §1-2]
In the construction of this Code and of all other ordinances
of the City, the following definitions 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 a record of the signature of the recipient.
CITY
The words "the City" or "this City" shall mean the City of Normandy, Missouri.
COMPUTATION OF TIME
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.
COUNTY
The County of St. Louis, State of Missouri.
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.
JOINT AUTHORITY
Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons
shall be construed as authority to a majority of the persons, unless
otherwise declared in the law giving the authority.
MAYOR
The words "Mayor" or "Mayor of the
Council" shall mean the Mayor of the City Council of Normandy,
Missouri.
NUMBER
When any subject matter, party or person is described or
referred to by words importing the singular number, the plural and
separate matters and persons and bodies corporate shall be deemed
to be included.
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".
OWNER
As applied to any property, 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 property.
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.
PROPERTY
Includes real and personal property.
PUBLIC WAY
Shall include 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 co-extensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL, MAY
The word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.
SIDEWALK
Shall mean that portion of the street between the curb line
and the adjacent property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
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
Shall include avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys,
lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto and all other
public thoroughfares in the City, and shall mean the entire width
thereof between abutting property lines; it shall be construed to
include a sidewalk or footpath, unless the contrary is expressed or
unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent
of the City Council.
TENANT, 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.
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
Shall mean a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and
the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord."
All general provisions, terms, phrases and expressions contained
in this Code shall be liberally construed in order that the true intent
and meaning of the City Council may be fully carried out.
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[R.O. 2012 §100.040]
This Code contains all ordinances of a general and permanent
nature of the City of Normandy, Missouri, and includes ordinances
dealing with municipal administration, municipal elections, building
and property regulation, business and occupations, health and sanitation,
public order, and similar subjects.
At least three (3) copies of the published book shall be kept
on file in the office of the City Clerk and kept available for inspection
by the public at all reasonable business hours.
[R.O. 2012 §100.070]
Each Section number of this Code shall consist of two (2) parts
separated by a period; the figure before the period referring to the
Chapter number, and the figure after the period referring to the position
of the Section in the Chapter. Both figures shall consist of three
(3) digits.
[R.O. 2012 §100.080]
Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or ordinary
and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having a peculiar
and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their
technical import.
[R.O. 2012 §100.090]
The headings of the Chapters and Sections of this Code are intended
as guides and not as part of this Code for purposes of interpretation
or construction.
[R.O. 2012 §100.100; CC 1975 §1-4]
The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the
same in substance as those of ordinances existing at the time of the
adoption of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof
and not as new enactments.
No offense committed and no fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred,
or prosecution commenced or pending previous to or at the time when
any ordinance provision is repealed or amended, shall be affected
by the repeal or amendment, but the trial and punishment of all such
offenses and the recovery of the fines, penalties or forfeitures shall
be had, in all respects, as if the provision had not been repealed
or amended, except that all such proceedings shall be conducted according
to existing procedural laws.
[R.O. 2012 §100.120; CC 1975 §1-5]
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
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, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect
any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and Sections
of this Code, since they would have been enacted by the City Council
without the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitutional
or invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or Section.
[R.O. 2012 §100.130; CC 1975 §1-6]
Whenever any ordinance or part of an ordinance shall be replaced
or modified, either expressly or by implication, by a subsequent ordinance,
the ordinance or part of an ordinance thus repealed or modified shall
continue in force until the ordinance repealing or modifying the same
shall go into effect unless therein otherwise expressly provided;
but no suit, prosecution, proceeding, right, fine or penalty instituted,
created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to
its 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.
[R.O. 2012 §100.140; CC 1975 §1-7]
When an ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision
shall itself be repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive
such former ordinance, clause or provision, unless it is expressly
so provided.
[R.O. 2012 §100.150]
Except as otherwise specifically provided or indicated by the
context, all words used in this Code indicating the present tense
shall not be limited to the time of adoption of this Code but shall
extend to and include the time of the happening of any act, event,
or requirement for which provision is made herein, either as a power,
immunity, requirement, or prohibition.
[R.O. 2012 §100.170]
The provisions of the preceding Section shall not apply to those
Chapters of this Code wherein there is a separate definition of notice.
[R.O. 2012 §100.190]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §100.200]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §100.210]
When any subject matter, party or person is described or referred
to by words importing the singular number, the plural and separate
matters and persons and bodies corporate shall be deemed to be included;
and when words importing the plural number are used, the singular
shall be included.