For purposes of these codified by-laws the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
AND. May be read OR, and OR may be read AND, if the sense requires it.
(R.C. § 1.02(F))
ANOTHER. When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
(R.C. § 1.02(B))
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS or BOARD. The body appointed to govern the park district pursuant to R.C. § 1545.05.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief executive officer appointed by and answerable to the Board of Park Commissioners of Great Parks of Hamilton County.
COUNTY. The county or counties in which the park district is located, specifically Hamilton and Clermont Counties in the State of Ohio.
IMPRISONED.
(1) Imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, a halfway house, an alternative residential facility, or another facility described or referred to in R.C. § 2929.34 for the type of criminal offense and under the circumstances specified or referred to in that section.
(2) As used in division (1) of this definition, “community-based correctional facility”, “halfway house”, and “alternative residential facility” have the same meanings as in R.C. § 2929.01.
(R.C. § 1.05)
INTERNET. The international computer network of both federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web.
KEEPER or PROPRIETOR. Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent, or employee.
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of incorporeal nature.
(R.C. § 701.01(E))
MAY. Is permissive.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm.
(R.C. §§ 1.59, 701.01)
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PARK. Any land owned or controlled by the Board of Park Commissioners of Great Parks of Hamilton County.
PARK DISTRICT or DISTRICT. Great Parks of Hamilton County.
PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.
(R.C. §§ 1.59(C), 701.01)
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes all property except real.
PLAN OF SEWERAGE, SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE, SEWER, and SEWERS. Include sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor.
(R.C. § 701.01)
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, and mixed estates and interests.
(R.C. § 701.01(D))
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government, its officers, or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
R.C. or REVISED CODE. Refers to the Ohio Revised Code.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail; and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail. (R.C. § 1.02(G))
ROAD. Includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, streets, highways, viaducts, and all other public thoroughfares which are adjacent to or through the Great Parks of Hamilton County and which are designed and intended for motor vehicle traffic.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. That portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The State of Ohio.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises, alone or with others.
TRAIL. Includes footpaths, cartpaths, bikepaths, horsepaths, and all other passageways within the park district which have been designed, constructed, and maintained by the park district, and which are not specifically reserved for motor vehicle traffic.
WEEK. Seven consecutive days.
(R.C. § 1.44)
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private.
(R.C. § 1.02(A))
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. Includes printing and any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
(R.C. §§ 1.59, 701.01(B))
YEAR. 12 consecutive months.
(R.C. § 1.44)
(Prior by-law § 18)