1-2-080: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION:
In the construction or interpretation of this code, all ordinances of the city and any amendments thereto, the following rules of construction shall be observed when necessary or applicable:
A.   General Rule: All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common use and understanding of the language, but technical words and phrases as may have acquired a particular meaning in the law or by trade use shall be construed and understood according to such particular meaning.
B.   Gender: Words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and words used in the feminine gender shall include the masculine.
C.   Number: The singular number shall include the plural and the plural number shall include the singular.
D.   Tense: The present tense shall include the future and the future tense shall include the present.
E.   Shall: "Shall" is a mandatory term.
(1994 Code; amd. Ord. 1407, 10-15-19)