(a) For the purposes of the Fairborn Zoning Ordinance, the words and terms defined in this Chapter have the meanings ascribed to them. Additional definitions, if not defined here, may be in other chapters of this Ordinance or defined by other chapters of the Fairborn Codified Ordinances or by the Ohio Revised Code.
(b) Any word or term not specifically defined or described in this chapter shall have their commonly accepted and ordinary meaning.
(c) Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person" shall include a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation; the words "used or occupied" include the words "intended, designed or arranged to be used or occupied"; the word "shall" or "will" is mandatory; and the word "may" is permissive.
(Ord. 34-17. Effective 12-7-17.)