[Adopted 1983 by Ord. No. 100 (Ch. 1.04 of the 1983 Municipal
Code)]
The following words and phrases, whenever used
in the ordinances of the Town, 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:
The Town of Pinedale, Wyoming, or the areas within the territorial
limits of the Town of Pinedale, Wyoming, and such territory outside
of the Town over which the Town has jurisdiction or control by virtue
of any constitutional or statutory provisions.
The Town Council of the Town of Pinedale. "All its members"
or "all Councilmen" means the total number of Councilmen holding office.
The County of Sublette, Wyoming.
Denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes
of the State of Wyoming, the ordinances of the Town and, when appropriate,
any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
"May" is permissive.
A calendar month.
"Must" and "shall" are each mandatory.
Includes an affirmation or declaration in all cases in which,
by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such
cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words
"affirm" and "affirmed."
Applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety, of
the whole or a part of such building or land.
Includes a 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.
Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences
of debt.
Next before and next after, respectively.
Includes real and personal property.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
That portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
The State of Wyoming.
Includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, drives, alleys,
courts, places, squares, curbs or other public ways in the Town which
have been or may, after the effective date of the ordinance codified
in this chapter, be dedicated and open to public use, or such other
public property so designated in any laws of the state.[1]
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.
Includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed, multigraphed
or otherwise reproduced in permanent visible form.
A calendar year.
Use of the title of any officer, employee, department,
board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board
or commission of the Town.
All words and phrases shall be construed 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.
The following grammatical rules shall apply
in the ordinances of the Town, unless it is apparent from the context
that a different construction is intended:
A.
Gender. Each gender includes the masculine, feminine
and neuter genders.
B.
Singular and plural. The singular number includes
the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
C.
Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the
past and the future tenses and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable.
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 to include all such
acts performed by an authorized agent.
Whenever in the ordinances of the Town any act
or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, allowing,
permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of
such act or omission.
Except when otherwise provided, the time within
which an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding
the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is Saturday,
Sunday or a holiday, in which case it shall also be excluded.
The provisions of the ordinances of the Town,
and all proceedings under them, are to be construed with a view to
effect their objects and to promote justice.
The repeal of an ordinance shall not repeal
the repealing clause of an ordinance or revive any ordinance which
has been repealed thereby.
[Added 1984 by Ord. No. 128]
Unless otherwise specified by the 1977 republished
edition of the Wyoming State Statutes or any amendments thereto, questions
concerning procedures on motions, voting, etc., at Council or Planning
and Zoning Commission meetings shall be addressed by referring to
the parliamentary procedure handbook commonly known as "Robert's Rules
of Order," 1983 Edition, on file at the Town Hall.
