The construction of all ordinances of this municipality shall be by the following rules, unless such construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislative body, or of the context of the same ordinance:
(A) AND or OR. Either conjunction shall include the other, as if written “and/or”, if the sense requires it;
(B) Acts by assistants. When a statute, or ordinance, requires an act to be done which, by law, an agent, or deputy as well, may do as the principal, such requisition shall be satisfied by the performance of such act by an authorized agent, or deputy;
(C) Gender; singular and plural; tenses. Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders; words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular; the use of a verb in the present tense shall include the future, if applicable; and
(D) General term. A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumerated, unless expressly so limited.