In the construction of these Revised Ordinances, and of all other ordinances, the rules of construction set out in this section shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the mayor and city council or the context of the ordinance:
"City"
means the City of Revere, in the County of Suffolk and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"City council," "municipal council" or "council"
mean the city council of the city.
"Commonwealth"
means the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Computation of Time.
The time in which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day; and if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that shall be excluded.
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.
"Month"
means a calendar month.
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.
"Oath"
shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to "affirm" and "affirmed."
"Owner"
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.
"Person"
shall extend and be applied to associations, firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals.
"Preceding" and "following"
means next before and next after, respectively.
"Revision" or "this revision"
mean this volume, or "The Revised Ordinances of the City of Revere, Massachusetts."
Statutory References.
Whenever reference is made to "General Laws, chapter _____, section _____," or "G. L. Ch. _____ § _____," this means the Tercentenary Edition of General Laws, and all amendments and additions thereto.
"Street"
includes public ways, streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, courts, viaducts, public squares, sidewalks and all other public highways in the city.
"Tenant" or "occupant"
applied to a building or land, include any person holding a written or oral lease of or who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.
Tense.
Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
Words Giving Joint Authority.
Words purporting to give joint authority to three or more officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons.
"Written" or "in writing"
include any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
(Prior revision § 1-4; C.O. 83-52 § 1)
The ordinances contained in this chapter and in the chapters and sections following shall constitute and be designated as "The Revised Ordinances of the City of Revere, Massachusetts," and may be so cited. Such ordinances may also be cited as the "Revere Revised Ordinances."
(Prior revision § 1-1)
So far as the provisions of these Revised Ordinances are the same in effect as those of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Revere, 1972, and of other previously existing ordinances, they shall be construed as a continuation of such ordinances; but, subject to such limitations and the provisions of the next section, all other ordinances of the city of a general and permanent nature in force on the moment of the taking effect of these Revised Ordinances are hereby repealed; but this repeal shall not apply to nor affect any ordinance adopted before these Revised Ordinances accepting or adopting the provisions of any statute of the commonwealth; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the city or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the city or any evidence of the city's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the city; nor shall the repeal affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the city council not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this revision; nor shall it affect ordinances relative to the zoning map; nor shall if affect any right or franchise conferred by any ordinance or resolution of the city council to any person.
(Prior revision § 1-2; C.O. 83-52 § 2)
The Revised Ordinances of the city, and the repeal in Section 1.04.030, or the repeal of any ordinance, shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case before the time when such repeal shall take effect, nor any offense committed, nor any penalty or forfeiture incurred, nor any suit or prosecution pending at the time of such repeal for any offense committed, or for recovery of any penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the provisions so repealed; and all persons who, at the time when the repeal takes effect, hold any office under any of the ordinances so repealed, shall continue to hold the same according to the tenure thereof, except those offices which may have been abolished, and those as to which a different provision has been made by the following ordinances, and no ordinances or part of an ordinance, which has been heretofore repealed, shall be revived by the repeal in the preceding section of any of the ordinances or parts of ordinances therein mentioned, and when any ordinance, repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision, shall itself be repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive such former ordinance, clause or provision, unless it is expressly so provided in the repeal.
(Prior revision § 1-3)
The catchlines of the several sections of the Revised Ordinances are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section, and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, nor as any part of the section nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections, including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted.
(Prior revision § 1-5)
It is the intention of the city that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this volume are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this volume shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this volume, since the same would have been enacted by the city without the incorporation in this volume of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
(Prior revision § 1-6; C.O. 83-52 § 3)