In the construction of this code, and of all ordinances, the rules and definitions set out in this section shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Town Council. The rules of construction and definitions set out in this section shall not be applied to any section of this code that shall contain any express provisions excluding such construction, or where the subject matter or context of such section may be repugnant thereto.
CLERK-TREASURER.
The Clerk-Treasurer of the Town Council.
COMPUTATION OF TIME.
The time within which any act as provided in this code is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. If the last day is Sunday, it shall be excluded and the next day shall be included.
CORPORATE LIMITS or TOWN LIMITS. The legal boundaries of the Town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, except as otherwise provided by law.
COUNCIL
or
TOWN COUNCIL.
The Town Council of the Town of Beverly Shores.
COUNTY.
Porter County.
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
Whenever a provision appears requiring a Commissioner or some other town officer to do some act or perform some duty, it shall be construed to authorize a Commissioner or other officer to designate, delegate and authorize subordinates to perform the required act or perform the duty unless the terms of the provision or section specify otherwise.
GENDER.
A word importing the masculine gender shall extend and be applied to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations as well as to males.
HIGHWAY.
Includes bridges, roads and streets, unless otherwise expressly provided.
I.C.
The Indiana Code, as now or hereafter amended.
JOINT AUTHORITY.
All words giving
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.
One calendar month.
NONTECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL WORDS.
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language.
TECHNICAL WORDS
are words or phrases with a special meaning, used in a specific field of knowledge, and shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.
NUMBER.
A word importing the singular
NUMBER
only may extend and be applied to several persons and things as well as to 1 person or thing, and a word importing the plural may extend to the singular.
OATH.
The term
OATH
shall be construed to include an affirmation, and the terms "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the terms "affirm" and "affirmed."
OR, AND.
The term
OR
may be read
AND
, and the term
AND
may be read
OR
if the sense requires it.
OWNER.
The term
OWNER
, applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
PERSON.
Extends to and includes person, persons, firm, corporation, copartnership, trustee, lessee, receiver and bodies politic.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action.
PRECEDING
and
FOLLOWING.
When referring to sections or divisions in this code, refer to the sections or divisions next following or next preceding that in which the words occur, unless some other section is designated.
PRESIDENT.
The President of the Town Council.
PROPERTY.
Includes real and personal property.
PUBLIC PLACE.
Any street or highway, sidewalk, park, cemetery, schoolyard or open space adjacent thereto, and any lake or stream.
QUORUM.
A majority of the members of a board, commission or committee holding office, unless otherwise specifically provided in this code.
REAL PROPERTY.
Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
REASONABLE TIME
or
REASONABLE NOTICE.
In all cases where any provision shall require any act to be done in a
REASONABLE TIME
or
REASONABLE NOTICE
to be given to any person, such reasonable time or notice shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary in the prompt execution of such duty or compliance with such notice.
RESIDENT.
Any person residing in the town, provided that the town is his or her address of record for voting and filing income tax.
SHALL, MAY.
The term
SHALL
is mandatory; the term
MAY
is permissive.
SIDEWALK.
The part of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE, THE STATE
or
THIS STATE.
The State of Indiana.
STREET.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained, when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
TENANT
or
OCCUPANT.
Applied to a building or land, shall include any person holding a written or oral lease or who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.
TENSE.
Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
TOWN.
The Town of Beverly Shores, Indiana.
TOWN CODE.
The Town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, Code of Ordinances.
TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER
or
MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
A member of the Town Council of Beverly Shores.
TOWNSHIP.
The township or townships in which the town is located.
WRITTEN
and
IN WRITING.
Include printing, lithographing or other modes of representing words and letters. Where the written signature of a person is required, the terms mean the proper handwriting of the person, or the person's mark.
YEAR.
One calendar year, unless otherwise expressly provided.
ZONING CODE.
Shall include all provisions and references to Title XV, and chapters of Title XV, including but not limited to, Chapter 150. Flood Prevention; Flood Hazard Areas, Chapter 151. Unsafe Buildings and Structures, Chapter 152. Building Code, Chapter 153. Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 154. Parking Lots, Chapter 155. Zoning and Subdivisions, Chapter 156. Comprehensive Plan.
Statutory reference:
For definitions under state law, see I.C. 1-1-4-5