For the purposes of this Charter, the following definitions
shall apply unless from the context thereof a contrary meaning is
clearly intended:
"City"
is the City of Loma Linda, and "department," "board," "commission,"
"agency," "officer," or "employee" is a department, board, commission,
agency, officer, or employee as the case may be, of the City of Loma
Linda.
"Constitution"
shall mean the Constitution of the State of California.
"Facilities"
shall mean land, including without limitation, the acquisition,
preparation, and development thereof; and all improvements thereon,
including without limitation, structures, buildings, roadways, landscaping,
furnishings, equipment, machinery, and appurtenances.
"General Law"
shall mean an enactment of the Legislature of the State of
California which lawfully governs, allows, or regulates activities
of a general law city as defined in Sec. 34102 of the
Government Code
of the State of California.
"Law"
includes ordinance.
"Municipal Affair"
shall mean those matters which have been, and continue to
be held to be such by courts of record in the State of California.
"State"
is the State of California.
The masculine, feminine, and neuter genders shall be interchangeable,
as shall be the singular and plural.
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Whatever reference is made in this Charter to any law or Code
provision enacted by the Legislature of the State, or to any constitutional
provision, said reference shall mean, and include, any amendment thereto,
enacted after the effective date of this Charter; provided, however,
if any such law is repealed in whole or in part, the City Council,
by ordinance, may enact provisions consistent with this Charter, covering
the substance of such repealed legislation.