In addition to the definitions set forth in § 200 of the Charter, the following definitions shall apply to this Code, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
CODE, MUNICIPAL CODE, THE CODE or THIS CODE. The Code of the City of Culver City, California.
COMPUTATION OF TIME. The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day; and if the last day be Sunday or a legal holiday, that shall be excluded.
COUNTY, THE COUNTY or THIS COUNTY. These terms shall refer to Los Angeles County, California.
DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, OFFICE, OFFICER or EMPLOYEE. Whenever any department, board, commission, office, officer or employee is referred to, it shall mean of the City of Culver City, California, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
GENDER. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter.
HEALTH OFFICER. The director of the County Health Department or his authorized agent.
MONTH. A calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
NUMBER. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
OATH. Includes affirmation.
OR and AND. OR may be read AND, and AND may be read OR, if the sense requires it.
OWNER. When applied to a building or land, this term shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such building, or land.
PERSON. Includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other group acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes every species of property, except real property as herein defined.
PRECEDING; FOLLOWING. Next before and next after, respectively.
PROPERTY. Includes real and personal property.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL and MAY. SHALL is mandatory and MAY is permissive.
SIGNATURE; SUBSCRIPTION. Includes a mark when the person cannot write.
TENANT; OCCUPANT. When applied to a building or land, these terms shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land whether alone or with others.
TIME. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present, and the future tense includes the present tense.
WRITING; WRITTEN. Printing and any other mode of representing words and letters.
YEAR. A calendar year.
('65 Code, § 1-2) (Ord. No. 2006-009 §§ 2, 3)