The following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless inconsistent with the intent of the council or the context clearly requires otherwise:
City.
The city of Springfield, Lane County, Oregon.
Computation of Time.
The time within which an act is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last falls on a legal holiday as defined in ORS 187.010 or 187.020 or on Saturday or Sunday, in which case the last day is also excluded.
Council.
Common council of the city of Springfield.
County.
Lane County, Oregon.
Day.
The period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
Daytime; Nighttime.
“Daytime” is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. “Nighttime” is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.
Department; Board; Commission; Office; Officer or Employee.
A department, board, commission, office, officer or employee of the city.
Gender.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter, and the feminine includes the masculine and neuter.
In the City.
Territory over which the city now has or acquires jurisdiction for the exercise of its powers.
Law.
Applicable federal law, the constitution and statutes of the state of Oregon, the code, ordinances, and applicable adopted rules and regulations of the city.
Manager.
The city manager appointed by the council or the manager’s designee.
Minor.
A person under the age of 18 years, unless otherwise stated.
Month.
A calendar month.
Number.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. Oath. “Oath” includes affirmation.
Offense.
The doing of any act or thing prohibited or the failure to do any act or thing, required by this code shall constitute an offense against the public peace, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the city.
Official Time.
When certain hours are named, they mean the standard of time as set out in ORS 187.110.
Or; And.
“Or” may be read “and” and “and” may be read “or”, if the sense requires it.
ORCP.
Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure.
ORS.
Oregon Revised Statutes.
Owner.
A 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 the building or land, or vendee in possession under a land sale contract.
Peace Officer.
A city police officer or other officer specified in ORS 133.005.
Person.
Includes any natural person, agent, association, firm, partnership or corporation capable of owning, occupying or using property in the city.
Person in Charge.
Any person in actual or constructive possession of a property, including, but not limited to, an owner or occupant of property under the person’s dominion, ownership or control.
Personal Property.
Every type of property, except real property as defined below. Preceding; Following. Next before and next after, respectively.
Process.
A writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature.
Property.
Both real and personal property.
Real Property.
Lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
Shall; May.
“Shall” is mandatory, and “may” is permissive.
Signature.
“Signature” includes “subscription” or “mark” when the signer cannot write, the signer’s name being written near the mark by a witness who signs near the signer’s name. A signature by subscription or mark as acknowledged serves as a signature to a sworn statement only when two witnesses sign their own names.
State.
The state of Oregon.
Tenant or Occupant.
A person holding a written or an oral lease of, or who occupies, the whole or a part of the building or land, either alone or with others.
Tenses.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.
To.
“To” means “to and including” when used in reference to a series of sections of this code or the Oregon Revised Statutes.
Week.
Seven consecutive days.
Working Days.
The days the city is officially open for business.
Writing.
Includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. When a notice, report, statement or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.
Year.
A calendar year, except where otherwise provided.
Unless this code provides to the contrary, the manager, attorney and city department heads, or their authorized representatives or deputies, may exercise a power granted by this code. The manager, attorney and department heads remain responsible for the performance of such acts.
(1) 
Except when this code provides a specific procedure for giving notice, when oral or written notice is required by this code, the notice may be given either by personal delivery to the person to be notified or by deposit in an official mailbox in a sealed, postage prepaid envelope, addressed to the last known business or residence address of the person to be notified. The time when the notice is deposited in a mailbox is the time when the notice is given.
(2) 
Proof of giving notice may be made by the certificate of an officer or employee of the city or by affidavit of a person 18 years of age or older.
The provisions of this code and proceedings under it are to be construed so as to effect its objectives and to promote justice.
Provisions of this code that are the same as those of the prior code sections existing at the time of the effective date of this code shall be considered continuations and not new enactments.
The repeal of the prior code does not revive any ordinance in force before or at the time the prior code took effect. The repeal of the prior code does not affect a penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor a legal action pending at the time of the repeal.
The titles of the code sections indicate the contents of each section and are not a part of the substance of the section. The titles are not affected by amendments or re-enactments.
(1) 
This code is the general and permanent law of the city. The council may enact three types of general ordinances to affect this code.
(2) 
Ordinances may: (a) amend existing provisions; (b) add new provisions; or (c) repeal existing provisions. General ordinances shall specifically amend or repeal particular sections of this code. General ordinances creating new code sections shall integrate the new sections into the numbering system and organization of this code.
In preparing revisions of the code for publication and distribution, the attorney shall not alter the sense, meaning, effect, or substance of an ordinance. The attorney may renumber sections and parts of sections of ordinances, change the wording of titles, rearrange sections, change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters, sections, or other parts, substitute the proper subsection, section, or chapter or other division numbers, strike out figures or words that are merely repetitious, change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity, and correct clerical or typographical errors.
The Springfield Municipal Code 1965, enacted by Ordinance No. 2067, is repealed.
This Springfield Municipal Code does not repeal or amend any special ordinance; any ordinance relating to or resulting from annexation, naming of streets and public places, property acquisition or disposal of property, vacation of streets, public places or plats; any ordinance relating to budgets; any ordinance granting a franchise, license, or permit; nor any planning, zoning or land development ordinance.