(a) Words used in the singular include the plural.
(b) Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(c) The word "shall" is to be interpreted as mandatory; the word "may" as directory and complied with unless waived.
(d) "City" means the City of Conneaut, Ohio.
(e) "Commission" means the Planning Commission of Conneaut.
(f) "Council" means the legislative body of Conneaut.
(g) "Developer" means any individual, firm, association, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity, including his agents, commencing proceedings under these regulations to effect a subdivision of land for himself or for another.
(h) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer or, if no such engineer has been appointed, the consulting City Engineer.
(i) "Recorder" means the Ashtabula County Recorder.