In the construction of this code and of all ordinances of the city, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless they are inconsistent with the manifest intent of the city council or the context clearly requires otherwise.
"City" or "the city"
means the city of Riverton in the county of Fremont, in the state of Wyoming.
"City council"
means the city council of the city of Riverton, Wyoming.
"City officer"
means a person appointed by the mayor or city council and who receives compensation from the city for services rendered pursuant to such appointment.
"Computation of time"
means the time within which an act is to be done. This time shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday, in which case the period shall run until the end of the following day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday.
"County" or "the county"
means the county of Fremont, in the state of Wyoming. Gender. Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter.
"In the city" or "within the limits of the city" or "within the city"
means and includes:
1. 
Any territory within the corporate limits of the city;
2. 
Any land owned, leased or controlled by the city outside of the corporate limits of the city; and
3. 
Any other territory over which regulatory power and police jurisdiction has been conferred on the city by general or special act or by ordinances of the city or statutes of the state as more specifically set forth in Section 2.04.020, as amended.
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.
"Month"
means a calendar month.
Number.
Words used in the singular include the plural and words used in the plural include the singular.
"Oath"
means and includes 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" are equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
Or, And.
The word "or" may be read as "and," and the word "and" as "or," where the sense requires it.
"Owner,"
applied to a building or land, means and includes not only the owner of the whole, but any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, or joint tenant of the whole or a part of such building or land, and includes any agent of such owner, and where such owner is a body corporate it includes the managing agent or officer within the city.
"Person"
means a firm, partnership, association of persons, corporation, organization or any other group acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
"Personal property"
means every species of property, except real property.
"Preceding" and "following"
mean next before and next after, respectively.
"Property"
means real, personal and mixed property.
"Real property"
means lands, tenements and hereditaments.
Shall, May.
The word "shall" is mandatory. The word "may" is permissive.
"Sidewalk"
means any portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
"Signature" or "subscription"
means and includes a mark when the person cannot write, when his or her name is written near such mark and is witnessed by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness.
"State" or "the state"
means the state of Wyoming.
"Street"
means and includes public streets, avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto and all other public ways in the city.
"Tenant" and "occupant,"
as the same are applied to a building or land, mean any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
Tense.
Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
"Writing" and "written"
mean and includes typewriting, printing on paper and any other legible mode of representing words and letters.
"Year"
means a calendar year, except where otherwise provided.
(Prior code § 1-2; Ord. 99-007 § 1, 1999)
A. 
Any petitions for annexation of territory to the city or the inclusion of areas within the corporate limits thereof, together with all subsequent proceedings leading up to the adoption of an ordinance of annexation, shall be done in compliance with the laws of the state applicable thereto: Article 5, Chapter 112, of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1965.
B. 
As a condition precedent to the annexation of any lands by the city, or before the city council shall adopt any ordinance annexing any lands to the corporate limits of the city, the person petitioning for such annexation shall enter into a written agreement with the city, in consideration of such annexation, to lay and install all water mains and sewer lines in accordance with the provisions of this code and other city ordinances deemed to be necessary by the community development director, and in accordance with his or her plans and specifications, and specifically, such water lines shall be laid to the proper depth to prevent freezing and such sewer lines shall have sufficient fall to operate efficiently and all of such installations shall be finally approved and accepted by the city council.
C. 
The written agreement required by this section shall be prepared by the city attorney and contain such additional conditions as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and the desires of the city council.
(Prior code § 1-8; Ord. 18-002 § 1, 2018)
Every person who shall attempt to commit an offense prohibited by this code or other ordinances of the city and, in such attempt, does any act toward the commission of such offense, but fails in the perpetration thereof, or is prevented or intercepted from doing the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 16-44)