[Adopted as Ch. 1, § 1-2 of the 1973 Code]
A.Â
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances, the rules
and definitions set out in this article shall be observed, unless
such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of
the City Council. The rules of construction and definitions set out
herein shall not be applied to any section of this Code which shall
contain any express provision excluding such construction, or where
the subject matter or context of such section may be repugnant thereto.
B.Â
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.
C.Â
In the interpretation and application of any provisions of this Code,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the
promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general
welfare. Where any provision of the Code imposes greater restrictions
upon the subject matter than the general provision imposed by the
Code, the provision imposing the greater restriction or regulation
shall be deemed to be controlling.
A.Â
Computation
of time. Whenever a notice is required to be given or an act to be
done, a certain length of time before any proceeding shall be had,
the day on which such notice is given or such act is done shall be
counted in computing the time, but the day on which such proceeding
is to be held shall not be counted.
B.Â
Delegation
of authority. Whenever a provision appears requiring the head of a
department or some other City officer to do some act or perform some
duty, it is to be construed to authorize the head of the department
or other officer to designate, delegate and authorize subordinates
to perform the required act or perform the duty unless the terms of
the provision or section specify otherwise.
C.Â
Gender.
A word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied
to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations as well as
to males.
D.Â
Joint authority.
All words giving a joint authority to three or more persons or officers
shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such
persons or officers.
E.Â
Nontechnical
and technical words. Words and phrases shall be construed according
to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words
and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate
meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such
meaning.
F.Â
Number.
A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied
to several persons and things as well as to one person and thing.
G.Â
Officers
generally. Whenever any officer is referred to by title, such as "Commissioner
of Public Affairs," "Clerk," "Chief of Police," etc., such reference
shall be construed as if followed by the words "of the City of Waverly."
H.Â
Tense. Words
used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the
past and present.
As used in this Code, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A duly elected representative of one of the three municipal
wards of the City.
The City of Waverly, Illinois.
The City Council of the City of Waverly.
The legal boundaries of the City of Waverly.
The County of Morgan, in the State of Illinois.
The County Health Officer.
The Mayor of the City.
A calendar month.
Includes any 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."
As 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.
Shall extend and be applied to associations, clubs, societies,
firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to
individuals.
Includes every species of property except real property as
herein described.
Next before and next after, respectively.
Includes real and personal property.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
Is mandatory.
Any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
Includes a mark when the person cannot write.
The State of Illinois.
Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes,
viaducts and all other public ways in the City, and shall include
all areas thereof embraced between the property lines and dedicated
to public use.
As applied to a building or land, shall include any person
holding a written or oral lease or who occupies the whole or a part
of such building or land, either alone or with others.
Unless otherwise specifically defined, relate to the sale
of goods, merchandise, articles or things in quantity to persons who
purchase for purposes of resale, as distinguished from a retail dealer
who sells in smaller quantities direct to the consumer.
Includes any representation of words, letters or figures,
whether by printing or otherwise.
A calendar year.
