The following words and phrases whenever used in the ordinances
of the City of Plymouth, California, mean as defined in this section
unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless
different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed
to the use of such words or phrases.
Wherever "Chief of Police" is used in the various
sections of the Plymouth Municipal Code, the term shall include any
law enforcement agency with whom the City of Plymouth has contracted
for services provided by the Chief of Police.
means the City of Plymouth, California, or the area within
the territory outside of the City over which the City has jurisdiction
or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
means the time within which an act is to be done. It shall
be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day;
and if the last day be Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be
excluded.
means the City Council of the City of Plymouth, California.
"All its members" or "all councilmembers"
means the total number of councilmembers provided by the general laws
of the State of California.
means the County of Amador, California.
denotes the applicable Federal law, the constitution and
statutes of the State of California, the ordinances of the City of
Plymouth, and when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations
which may be promulgated thereunder.
is permissive.
means a calendar month.
are mandatory.
includes an affirmation or declaration 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 "affirmed."
"and" may be read "or" if the sense
requires it.
means a law of the City.
applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of
the whole or in part of such building or land.
means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company,
partnership, association, club, company, cooperation, business, trust,
organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee
of any of them.
includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evident
of debt.
means next before and next after, respectively.
includes real and personal property.
includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
means that portion of a street between the curb line and
the adjacent property line extended for the use of pedestrians.
means the State of California.
includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts,
places, squares, curves, or other public ways in this City which have
been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such
other public property so designated in any law of this State.
applied to a building or land, building or land, whether
alone or with others.
Use of the title of any officer, employee, board of commission
of the City.
includes, printed, typewritten, mimeographed, or multigraphed.
means a calendar year.
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All words and phrases shall be construed and understood 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 the law shall be construed and understood, according to
such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
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When an act is required by an ordinance, the same being such
that it may be done as well by an agent as by the principal such requirements
include all such acts performed by an authorized agent.
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(Ord. 82-3 § 10, 1982)
The following grammatical rules apply in the ordinances of the
City of Plymouth, California:
A.
Gender.
The masculine includes the feminine and neuter genders.
B.
Singular
and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the plural
includes the singular.
C.
Tenses.
Words used in the present tense include the past and future tenses
and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable.
D.
Use
of Words and Phrases. Words and phrases not specifically defined shall
be construed according to the context and approved usage of the language.
(Ord. 82-3 § 11, 1982)
Whenever in the ordinances of the City of Plymouth, any act
or omission is made unlawful, it includes causing, allowing, permitting,
aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act action.
(82-3 § 12, 1982)
The provisions of the ordinances of the City of Plymouth, and
all proceedings under them are to be construed with a view to effect
their objects and to promote justice.
(Ord. 82-3 § 13, 1982)
The repeal of an ordinance shall not repeal the repealing of
such ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed thereby.
(Ord. 82-3 § 14, 1982)
The ordinances codified in this chapter shall take effect on
_________. The City Clerk is directed to publish a copy of the ordinance
codified in this chapter 15 days after its passage in the Amador Dispatch,
a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated within
the City of Plymouth.
(Ord. 82-3 § 15, 1982)
