The following rules of construction apply to the text of this chapter:
(A) The particular shall control the general.
(B) In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any caption or illustration, the text shall control.
(C) (1) The word
SHALL is always mandatory and not discretionary.
(2) The word
MAY is permissive.
(D) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural and the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
(E) A
BUILDING or STRUCTURE includes any part thereof.
(F) The phrase
USED FOR includes “arranged for,” “designed for,” “intended for,” “maintained for” or “occupied for.”
(G) The word
PERSON includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an incorporated association or any other similar entity.
(H) Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, where a regulation involves 2 or more items, conditions, provisions or events connected by the conjunction
AND, OR, EITHER...OR, the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(1) AND indicates that all the connected items, conditions, provisions, or event shall apply.
(2) OR indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply singly or in any combination.
(3) “Either...or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply singly but not in combination.
(Ord. § 2.00, passed 5-22-1997)