[Adopted 5-1-1995 as Ch. I, Secs.
1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6.3, 1-6.4 and 1-7 of the 1994 Code]
For the purposes of this Code, and in the interpretation
and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted,
except as the context may otherwise require, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of Saco in the County of York and State of Maine.
CITY COUNCIL or COUNCIL
The local legislative body of the City, constituted and elected
pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Maine.
DEPARTMENT
An organizational unit of the government established or designated
by ordinance or this Code as a department, together with any agency
or instrumentality of the government assigned to such organizational
unit by the City Administrator.
LICENSED
Licensed in accordance with the appropriate section or chapter
of this Code.
MONTH
A calendar month, unless otherwise specifically provided.
M.R.S.A.
The Maine Revised Statutes Annotated.
OATH
Shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases
in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
OWNER
As applied to any property, shall include any part owner,
joint owner, tenant-in-common, tenant-in-partnership, joint tenant
or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such property.
PERSON
Shall extend and be applied to associations, firms, partnerships
and bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals.
STATE
The State of Maine.
STREET
Includes public avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys,
lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto and all other
public thoroughfares in the City, and shall mean the entire width
thereof between abutting property lines; it shall be construed to
include a sidewalk or footpath, unless the contrary is expressed or
unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent
of the City Council.
TENANT
Any person occupying the premises, building or land of another
in subordination to such other person's title and with his express
or implied assent, whether he occupies the whole or a part of those
premises, building or land, whether alone or with others.
[Amended 3-16-2020]
The design hereby annexed shall be the device
of the historic City Seal, and the inscription shall be as follows:
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DOMINE DIRIGE NOS CITY OF SACO, ME. 1867
(Translation: "The Lord Guides Us")
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