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(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.
(A) Any writing required to be signed under this code shall only be deemed to be signed when a signature is subscribed at the end or closing of the writing.
(B) Any writing required under the provisions of the code shall include printing or any other mode of representing words and letters so long as the language used in the writing is English.
It shall be considered that it is the intent of council in enacting any ordinance, that if any part of the ordinance be held unconstitutional, the remaining parts shall remain in force, unless the ordinance provides otherwise, or unless the remaining parts are so essentially and inseparably connected with and dependent upon the unconstitutional part that it is apparent that council would not have enacted the remaining parts without the unconstitutional part, or unless the remaining parts, standing alone, are incomplete and incapable of being executed in accordance with the intent of council.
(KRS 446.090)
No new ordinance shall be construed to repeal a former ordinance as to any offense committed against a former ordinance, nor as to any act done, or penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or done, or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising before the new ordinance takes effect, except that the proceedings hereafter had shall conform, so far as practicable, to the laws in force at the time of such proceedings. If any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment is mitigated by any provision of the new ordinance, such provision may, by the consent of the part affected, be applied to any judgment pronounced after the new ordinance takes effect.
(KRS 446.110)
(A) From and after its adoption by city council and its effective date, this code shall contain all provisions of a general and permanent nature pertaining to the titles and subjects included herein. All prior ordinances or codes pertaining to the titles or subjects contained herein shall be deemed repealed.
(B) All standard codes, rules and regulations and other subject matter adopted by ordinance and herein incorporated by reference, together with any amendments as made from time to time, and future incorporations by reference shall be construed to have full force and effect as if set out herein; and a copy of such codes, rules and regulations shall be kept on file in the office of city clerk, unless otherwise indicated.
(C) All ordinances of a temporary or special nature and any other ordinances not pertaining to titles and subjects included in this code shall remain in full force and effect unless repealed expressly or by necessary implication.
(D) Whenever an ordinance by its nature either authorizes or enables the council, or a certain city officer, employee, or agent to make additional ordinances, rules or regulations for the purposes of carrying out the intent of the ordinance; all ordinances, rules and regulations of a similar nature serving the same purpose, effected prior to the adoption of this code and not inconsistent with this code, shall remain in effect.
§ 10.008 CONFLICTING SECTIONS OR PROVISIONS
If any of the provisions, codes, chapters, articles, divisions or sections of this code conflict with or contradict another provision, code, chapter, article, division or section; the provisions with the latest date of enactment or adoption shall prevail. If the conflicting provisions bear the same date of enactment or adoption, the conflict shall be so construed as to be consistent with the meaning or legal effect of the subject matter when taken as a whole.
If an error is discovered consisting of the misspelling of any word or words, the omission of any word or words necessary to express the intent of the provisions, or the use of a word for which a meaning within the intent of the provision cannot be defined, or the use of a word or words when another word or words was clearly intended, the error shall be corrected by substituting a correct spelling of the word or words, or adding the omitted word or words, or deleting the word or words found to be in error to conform with the original intent of the provision. The provision shall have the same force and effect as though the correct words were originally contained within the text of this code. No alteration shall be made if any question exists regarding the nature or extent of the error.
(A) All reference information contained within this code is intended for the use of the reader; however, it shall not be construed to be a part of any ordinance or amendment to any ordinance codified here.
(B) As a historical reference to the sections contained within this code, ordinance information before the passage of ordinance number 5-89 adopted on February 21, 1989 was extracted from the code originally adopted on July 6, 1976 and as amended and supplemented from time to time. Wherever possible, ordinance historical data has been included as originally codified or contained within the 1976 code; but, when section or provision history could not be determined from the 1976 code, a section reference to the code has been added. Example: (1976 code)
(C) All amendments to ordinances from and after the adoption of ordinance number 5-89, dated February 21, 1989, are listed following previous ordinance information as an amendment to the previous ordinance. Example: (Ord. No. 5-89, 2-21-89; Amd. Ord. No. 6-90, dated 3-1-90)
(D) If a cite to the Kentucky Revised Statutes is included in the history of a provision or section, this indicates that the text of the section reads word-for-word from the statutes. Example: (KRS 446.010). If a cite from the Kentucky Revised Statutes is set forth as a "statutory reference" following the text of the section, this indicates that additional information may be found within the referenced section of the statutes.
(E) Cross references which are found at the end of any provision or section refer to another section of the code where additional information about a particular subject may be found.
(F) Where additional information of some nature is required or provided that cannot otherwise be explained or corrected, or when a question of completeness or correction has arisen in the publication of this code that cannot otherwise be completed or corrected before publication of this code; a footnote, numbered and set out at the end of the page, shall provide explanation of the additional information, correction, or question.
(G) Sections with no historical reference or data indicate that the section is originally enacted by the adoption of this code.
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