ARTICLE 6 DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
PART 1 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION:
7.6.101: Technical Terms
7.6.102: Lists And Examples
7.6.103: Computation Of Time
7.6.104: Public Bodies, Documents, And Authority
7.6.105: Mandatory And Discretionary Terms
7.6.106: Conjunctions
7.6.107: Tenses And Plural
7.6.108: Heading, Illustrations, And Text
7.6.109: Zone District Boundaries
7.6.110: Construction Of Numbers
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases that may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. More specifically:
A. The words "owner," "person," or "developer" include a firm, association, partnership, trust, company, or a corporation as well as an individual.
B. The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, arranged, maintained, or designed to be used or occupied".
C. The word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "parcel."
D. The words "existing," "existed," "exists," and "occupied" shall imply the modifier "lawfully."
E. The terms "district," "zone," "zone district," and "zoning district" shall all refer to the zone districts defined by this UDC. (Ord. 23-03)
The time in which an act is required or permitted to be done pursuant to this UDC shall be computed as follows, unless otherwise stated in this UDC or an adopted City regulation or manual.
A. Where performance is permitted or required within a stated number of days, the computation of the deadline or required date shall exclude the first day or the period and include the last day of the period.
B. If a deadline or required date of action falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday observed by the City, the deadline or required date of action shall be the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday observed by the City. (Ord. 23-03)
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