§ 17.008.010 GENERALLY.
   Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this title.
   (A)   Words used in the present tense include the future.
   (B)   The singular number shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.
   (C)   The masculine includes the feminine.
   (D)   The word “building” shall include the word “structure.”
   (E)   The word “used” shall include “arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used.”
   (F)   The word “shall” is mandatory and not directory.
(Prior Code, § 17.04.003) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 489, passed - -1981)