For the purpose of this code the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. Connersville, Indiana.
THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. The City Code as modified by amendment, revision, and adoption of new titles, chapters, or sections.
COUNCIL or COMMON COUNCIL. The Common Council of the City of Connersville.
COUNTY. Fayette County, Indiana.
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
MONTH. A calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
(IC 1-1-4-5)
OWNER. Applied to a building or land, shall include any part-owner, joint owner, tenant-in- common, tenant by the entireties, tenant in partnership, or joint tenant of the whole or of a part of the building or land.
PERSON. Individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trustee, lessee, or receiver. (IC 8-1.5-1-9)
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Every species of “property” except “real property,” as herein defined.
PROPERTY. “Real,” “personal,” and mixed estates and interests.
REAL PROPERTY. Lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all chattels real.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. Except as provided in the traffic code, that portion of a “street” between the curb lines of the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. Applies to any one of the United States, including the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States and the territories. “United States” includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. (IC 1-1-4-5)
STREET. Except as provided in the traffic code, the entire width between property lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
SUBCHAPTER. A division of a chapter, designated in this code by an underlined 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 tenants at sufferance and tenants at will and shall include any person holding a written or oral lease of, or who occupies the whole or a part of, the building or land, either alone or with others.
YEAR. A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed.
(IC 1-1-4-5)