For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. Right-of-way providing a secondary means of access and service to abutting property.
BUILDING. Shall include the word STRUCTURE.
CODE. Reference to “this Code” or “the Code” shall mean the Land Development Code of the Town of Briny Breezes, Florida.
COMPUTATION OF TIME. Whenever a notice is required to be given, or an act to be done, a certain length of time before any proceeding shall be had, the day on which such notice is given or such act is done shall be excluded in computing the time, but the date on which such proceeding is to be had shall be included. Whenever any act required to be done pursuant to the provisions of this Code falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, that act shall be performed on the next succeeding business day.
COUNTY. Palm Beach County, Florida.
F.S. Shall mean the latest edition of the Florida Statutes.
GENDER. A word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations as well as to males.
HIGHWAY. Shall include any street, alley, highway, avenue or public place or square, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, underpass, overpass or causeway of the town, dedicated or devoted to public use.
JOINT AUTHORITY. Words purporting to give authority to three or more officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it is otherwise declared.
LAND. Shall include the surface of land and land areas under water.
MONTH. Shall mean a calendar month.
NUMBER. Any word importing the singular number shall include the plural and any word importing the plural number shall include the singular.
OATH. Includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words “swear” and “sworn” shall be equivalent to the words “affirm” or “affirmed”.
OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS. Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever any officer, department, board, commission or other agency is referred to by title alone, such reference shall be construed as if followed by the words “of the Town of Briny Breezes, Florida.” Whenever in accordance with the provisions of this chapter any specific act is required to be done by any designated officer or official of the town, and such officer or official has not been appointed, such act shall be performed by the Mayor or his or her designee. Whenever in accordance with the provisions of this chapter any specific act is required to be done by any designated officer or official of the town, such act may be performed by any duly authorized member of his or her department.
OR, AND. Or may be read “and” and “and” may be read “or” if the sense requires it.
OWNER. Applied to a building, land or water area, the term OWNER shall include any part owner, joint owner, any unit owner in a cooperative form of property ownership, any shareholder or stockholder in a corporate form of cooperative ownership, trustee, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or any part of such building, land or water area.
PERSON. Shall extend or be applied to associations, corporations, firms, partnerships, and bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. Whenever used with respect to any penalty, the word PERSON, as applied to partnerships or associations, shall mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD or PLANNING BOARD. The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Briny Breezes, in Palm Beach County, Florida.
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING. The words “preceding” and “following” mean next before and next after, respectively.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any street, alley, park, canal, waterway, beach, public building or any place of business or assembly open to the public or frequented by the public.
ROADWAY. Shall mean the portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic.
SHALL and MAY. The term “shall” is always mandatory and the term “may” is permissive.
SINGULAR. Shall include the plural.
SIDEWALK. Shall mean any portion of the street between the curb, or the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
SIGNATURE or SUBSCRIPTION. Shall mean a written signature and shall include a mark when a person cannot write.
STATE. The words “the state” or “this state” shall mean the State of Florida.
STREET. A public or private thoroughfare which affords any means of access to property. This definition shall include any accessway, such as a street, road, lane, highway, avenue, boulevard, alley, parkway, viaduct, circle, court, terrace, place or cul-de-sac and also includes all of the land lying between the right-of-way lines as delineated on a plat showing such streets, whether improved or unimproved, but shall not include those accessways such as easements and rights-of-way intended solely for limited utility purposes, such as electric power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, water lines, drainage and sanitary sewers and easements of ingress and egress.
TENSE. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.
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 the town.
TOWN. The words “the Town” or “this Town” shall mean the Town of Briny Breezes, in Palm Beach County, Florida.
TOWN COUNCIL. The words “Town Council” or “the Council” shall mean the Town Council of the Town of Briny Breezes, Florida.
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. The term “written” or “in writing” shall be construed to include any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
YEAR. A calendar year.
(Ord. 1-90, passed 1-31-1991)