A.
The following words and phrases whenever used in the ordinances codified in the code of the city of Mukilteo, Washington, shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless different meaning is specifically given:
1. "City"
means the city of Mukilteo, Washington, and such territorial limits of the city of Mukilteo, Washington, and such territory outside the city over which the city has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
2. "Council"
means the city council of the city of Mukilteo, Washington. "All its members" or "all councilmen" means the total number of councilmen provided by the general laws of the state of Washington.
6. "Oath"
shall be construed to include an affirmation or declaration in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the word "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" or "affirmed."
7. "Ordinance"
means the law of the city of Mukilteo; provided, that a temporary or special law, administrative action, order or directive may be in the form of a resolution.
8. "Owner"
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 a part of such building or land.
9. "Person"
means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
10. "Personal property"
includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
11. "Preceding" and "following"
mean next before and next after, respectively.
12. "Property"
includes real and personal property.
13. "Real property"
includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
14. "Sidewalk"
means that portion of a street between the curbline and adjacent property intended for the use of pedestrians.
16. "Street"
includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs, 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.
17. "Tenant" and "occupant"
applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
18. "Time"
within which an act must be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day; and if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
19. "Title of office"
means the title of any officer, employee, department, board or commission of the city of Mukilteo.
22.
Mayor. At any time there is a reference in this code to "mayor," it shall include the mayor and/or his or her specific designee.
B.
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.
C.
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 requirement shall be construed as to include all such acts performed by an authorized agent.
(Ord. 266 § 1, 1976; Ord. 821 § 3, 1994)