§ 10.05 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   General rule. Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain, or ordinary and usual sense. However, technical words and phrases having a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their technical import.
   (B)   Definitions. For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      BOARD. The County Board of Supervisors.
      BOND. When a BOND is required, an undertaking in writing with such surety, if any, as the Council may direct, shall be sufficient.
      CHARTER. The CHARTER of the town, as it now exists or as it may be amended in the future.
      CODE, THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. This CODE as modified by amendment, revision and adoption of new titles, chapters or sections.
      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 be Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
      COUNCIL. The Council of the Town of Brookneal, Virginia.
      COUNTY. The County of Campbell in the State of Virginia.
      HEALTH OFFICER. The County Director of Public Health, or his or her authorized representative.
      IN THE TOWN. Any territory, jurisdiction of which for the exercise of its regulatory power has been conferred on the town by public or private law.
      LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The local government adopting this code of ordinances.
      LOCALITY. The area within the boundaries of the locality as presently established or as amended by ordinance, annexation or other legal actions at a future time. The term LOCALITY when used in this code may also be used to refer to the governing body of the locality and its authorized representatives.
      MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
      MONTH. A calendar month.
      OATH. An affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in those cases the words SWEAR and SWORN shall be equivalent to the words AFFIRM and AFFIRMED. All terms shall mean a pledge taken by the person and administered by an individual authorized by state law.
      OCCUPANT OR TENANT. Applied to a building or land, any person who holds a written or oral lease of or actually occupies the whole or a part of the building or land, either alone or with others.
      OFFICER, OFFICE, EMPLOYEE, COMMISSION or DEPARTMENT. An officer, office, employee, commission or department of this local government unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
      OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. Whenever particular hours are specified in this code relating to the time within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person, the time applicable shall be Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Saving Time, whichever may be in current use in the town.
      OR, AND. The term OR may be read AND, and the term AND may be read OR, if the sense requires it.
      OWNER. Applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or part of the building or land.
      PERSON. Extends to and includes an individual, person, persons, firm, corporation, copartnership, trustee, lessee or receiver. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the terms PERSON or WHOEVER as applied to any unincorporated entity shall mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers or agents thereof.
      PRECEDING or FOLLOWING. Next before or next after, respectively.
      PROPERTY. Real, personal, both tangible and intangible, or mixed PROPERTY.
      PUBLIC GROUNDS. The parks and all public lands owned by the town, and those parts of public places which do not form travelled parts of streets as defined in this section.
      SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
      SIDEWALK. Any portion of a street between the curbline, or the lateral line of a roadway where there is no curb, and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
      SIGNATURE or SUBSCRIPTION. Includes a mark when the person cannot write, his or her name being written near it and being witnessed by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness.
      STATE. The Commonwealth of Virginia.
      STREET. Includes avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts, bridges and the approaches thereto and all other public thoroughfares in the town, and shall mean the entire width thereof between the abutting property lines. It shall be construed to include a sidewalk or footpath, unless the contrary is expressed or unless the construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council.
      SUBCHAPTER. A division of a chapter, designated in this code by a heading in the chapter analysis and a capitalized heading in the body of the chapter, setting apart a group of sections related by the subject matter of the heading. Not all chapters have SUBCHAPTERS.
      TOWN. The Town of Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia.
      TOWN MANAGER. The person appointed by the Council to the office of town manager or acting town manager, or his or her designee.
      VA CODE. The Code of Virginia, as now or hereafter amended.
      WRITTEN, IN WRITING. Any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
      YEAR. A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed.
Statutory reference:
   Computation of time, see VA Code, §§ 1-210
   Sundays and holidays, see VA Code, § 1-210