In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances, the following definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the village council or the context clearly requires otherwise:
Charter. The term "Charter" shall mean the Charter of the Village of Bald Head Island, North Carolina as printed in Part I of this volume.
Code. The term "Code" shall mean the Code of Ordinances, Village of Bald Head Island, North Carolina as designated in section 1-1.
Computation of time. The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day; and if the last day is Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, it shall be excluded.
State Law References: of time, G.S. 1-593.
Council, village council. The terms "council" and "village council" shall mean and refer to the mayor and council of the Village of Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
County. The term "county" shall mean the County of Brunswick in the State of North Carolina, except as otherwise provided.
Gender. Terms importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter.
Joint authority. All terms giving a joint authority to three or more persons or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such persons or officers.
Month. The term "month" shall mean a calendar month.
Number. Terms used in the singular include the plural, and the plural includes the singular number.
Oath. The term "oath" shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the terms "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
Official time standard. Whenever certain hours are named in this Code, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in this village.
Owner. The term "owner," applied to any property, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such property.
Person. The term "person" shall include a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
Personal property. The term "personal property" shall include every species of property, except real property as defined in this section.
Preceding, following. The terms "preceding" and "following" shall mean next before and next after, respectively.
Property. The term "property" shall include real and personal property.
Real property. The term "real property" shall include lands, tenements and hereditaments.
Shall; may. The term "shall" is mandatory, and the term "may" is permissive.
Sidewalk. The term "sidewalk" shall mean any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
Signature and subscription. The terms "signature" and "subscription" include a mark when the person cannot write.
State. The term "state" shall be construed to mean the State of North Carolina, except as otherwise provided.
Statute references. The terms "General Statutes" and "G.S." shall refer to the latest edition of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended.
Street. The term "street" shall mean and include any public way, road, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley, lane, viaduct, bridge and the approaches thereto within the village and shall mean the entire width of the right-of-way between abutting property lines.
Tenant and occupant. The terms "tenant" and "occupant" applied to a building or land shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
Tense. Terms used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
Village. The terms "village" and "the village" mean the Village of Bald Head Island, in the County of Brunswick and in the State of North Carolina, except as otherwise provided.
Writing and written. The terms "writing" and "written" shall include printing and any other mode of representing words and letters.
Year. The term "year" shall mean a calendar year.
State Law References: definitions and rules of construction, G.S. 12-3.