The definitions set forth in this Article shall be applied throughout this Code, unless the context or the provision clearly requires otherwise.
(A) “Article”
means an article of the chapter in which the term occurs unless some other chapter is expressly mentioned.
(B) “Board of Supervisors”
means the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Benito, California.
(C) “Business day”
means any day other than a holiday.
(E) “City”
shall mean the area within the territorial city limits of the City of San Juan Bautista, and such territory outside of this City over which the City has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional provisions, or any law.
(F) “City Hall”
means the offices of the City located at 311 Second Street, San Juan Bautista, California.
(H) “Code” or “this Code”
means the San Juan Bautista Municipal Code.
(K) “Day”
means a calendar day consisting of the period of time between midnight and the midnight following.
(M) “Government Code”
means the Government Code of the State of California.
(N) “Holiday”
means every Saturday, Sunday, and such other days on which the City offices are closed in observance thereof.
(O) “In the City”
means and includes all territory over which the City now has, or shall hereafter acquire jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers.
(R) “Occupant,”
as applied to a building or land, means any person in actual or constructive possession of the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.
(S) Office.
The use of the title of any officer, employee, or any office, or ordinance shall mean such officer, employee, office or ordinance of the City of San Juan Bautista, unless otherwise specifically designated.
(T) “Owner”
means a person holding any ownership interest in property, and includes part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of such property or any portion thereof.
(U) “Penal Code”
means the Penal Code of the State of California.
(V) “Person”
shall mean natural person, firm, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, trust, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
(W) “Personal property”
includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this Article.
(X) “Planning Commission”
means the Planning Commission of the City of San Juan Bautista.
(Y) Preceding, Following.
“Preceding” means next before; “following” means next after.
(Z) “Property”
includes every species of real and personal property.
(AA) “Real property”
includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
(AC) Shall, May.
“Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive or discretionary.
(AD) “Signed” or “signature”
includes a mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two (2) witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
(AE) Singular and Plural.
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
(AF) “State” or “this State”
means the State of California.
(AG) “Tenant,”
as applied to a building or land, means any occupant of such building or land, or any portion thereof, pursuant to a written or verbal lease, or a lease implied by law.
(AI) Use of Words and Phrases.
Words and phrases used in this Code and not specifically defined shall be construed according to the context and approved usage of the language.