(A) Tense. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
(B) Gender. A word importing the masculine gender only may extend and be applied to females as well as males.
(C) Singular/Plural. A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as to one person or thing, and a word importing the plural number only may extend and be applied to one person or thing as well as to several persons or things.
(KRS 446.020(1))
(D) Retroactivity. No ordinance shall be construed to be retroactive, unless expressly so declared.
(KRS 446.080(3))
(E) Terms/Technical Terms. All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of language, but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed according to such meaning.
(KRS 446.080(4))
(F) Officers/Agents of City. All officers, agents, employees and other persons, together with all things and places referred to in this code, unless a different intention appears, shall be construed to mean the officers, agents, employees and other persons, things and places situated in the city or employed by or pertaining to the city.
(G) Acts Prohibited. All acts prohibited or punishable under this code or under any particular ordinance codified here, unless otherwise indicated, shall be construed to refer to those acts when committed or occurring within the city limits or in other places over which the city police may have jurisdiction or authority by state law.