In the construction of this code and of all ordinances of the city, the following rules of construction shall be observed, unless they are inconsistent with the intent of the Council or the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1969 Code, § 1.04)
(A) Unless otherwise provided herein, or by law or implication required, the same rules of construction, definition and application shall govern the interpretation of the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
(1969 Code, § 1.01)
(B) Where a section of this code is followed by a reference to the Kentucky Revised Statutes, such reference indicates that the section is analogous or similar to that Kentucky Revised Statutes section.
(1969 Code, § 1.01)
(C) Footnotes, cross-references and other comments are by way of explanation only and should not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
(1969 Code, § 1.01)
(D) Headings and captions used in this code other than the title, chapter and section numbers, are employed for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
(1969 Code, § 1.03)
(E) Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders.
(1969 Code, § 1.04(3))
(F) Words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular.
(1969 Code, § 1.04(4))
(G) A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited.
(1969 Code, § 1.04(7))
(H) Technical terms: all words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of language, but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed according to such meaning.
(KRS 446.080(4))
(1996 Code, § 10.03)