A.
The following words and phrases, whenever used in the ordinances of the Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:
1. "Assembly"a. b.
means the Bristol Bay Borough assembly, consisting of five members.
"All its members" or "all assemblymen"
means the total number of assemblymen provided by the general laws of the state of Alaska.
A quorum consists of three assembly members.
2. "Borough"
means the borough of Bristol Bay, Alaska, all of the area within the territorial limits of the borough of Bristol Bay, Alaska, including such territory inside the cities over which the borough has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
3. "Borough manager"
means the manager of the borough of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
4. "Computation of time"
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; if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall also be excluded.
5. "Law"
denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the state of Alaska, the ordinances of the Bristol Bay Borough and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
8. "Must" and "Shall."
Each is mandatory.
9. "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. In such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
10. "Ordinance"
means a law of Bristol Bay Borough; provided, that a temporary or special law, administrative action, order or directive may be in the form of a resolution.
11. "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.
12. "Person"
means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, or organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer, or employee of any of them.
13. "Personal property"
includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
14. "Preceding" and "following"
mean next before and next after, respectively.
15. "Property"
includes real and personal property.
16. "Real property"
includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
17. "Sidewalk"
means that portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
19. "Street"
includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs, or other public ways in the Bristol Bay Borough 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.
20. "Tenant" and "occupant,"
applied to a building or land, include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
21.
Title of Office. Use of the title of any officer, employee, department, board, or commission means that officer, employee, department, board, or commission of the Bristol Bay Borough.
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. 76-15 § 1, 1976; Ord. 2013-06 § 1 (part), 2013)