§ 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)   For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CODE, THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. This municipal code as modified by amendment, revision, and adoption of new titles, chapters, or sections.
   COUNTY. Clark County, Indiana.
   MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
   MONTH. A calendar month.
   MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, MUNICIPALITY, or TOWN. The Town of Clarksville, Indiana.
   OATH. 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 and AFFIRMED.
   OFFICER, OFFICE, EMPLOYEE, COMMISSION, or DEPARTMENT. An officer, office, employee, commission, or department of this municipality unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
   PERSON. Extends to and includes 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.
   PERSONAL PROPERTY. Every species of property except real property, as herein described.
   PRECEDING or FOLLOWING. Next before or next after, respectively.
   PROPERTY. Shall include real and personal property.
   PUBLIC PLACE. Any street or highway, sidewalk, park, school yard, 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.
   SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
   SIDEWALK. Any portion of a street dedication between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
   SIGNATURE or SUBSCRIPTION. Includes a mark when the person cannot write.
   STATE. The State of Indiana.
   STREET. Shall be construed to embrace streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, viaducts, and all other public highways in the town.
   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.
   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.
   WRITTEN. Any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
   YEAR. A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; equivalent to the words YEAR OF OUR LORD.