(A) When this code or an ordinance requires an act to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.
(B) Words of the masculine gender include the feminine; words in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular.
(C) The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.
(D) For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CODE or THIS CODE. The Code of the Town of Guadalupe, Arizona, unless the context indicates otherwise.
COUNCIL. The Common Council of the Town of Guadalupe, Arizona.
COUNTY. Maricopa County, Arizona.
DAY. The period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
DAYTIME. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, OFFICE, OFFICER, OR EMPLOYEE. Whenever any department, board, commission, office, officer, or employee is referred to, it shall mean a department, board, commission, office, officer, or employee of the town unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
IN THE TOWN OR WITHIN THE TOWN. Include all territory over which the town now has, or shall hereafter acquire, jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers.
JOINT AUTHORITY. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more town officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority.
MONTH. A calendar month.
NIGHTTIME. The period of time between sunset and sunrise.
OATH. Includes affirmation or declaration.
OR, AND. “Or” may be read “and”, and “and” may be read “or”, if the sense requires it.
PERSON. Extends and be applied to firms, corporations, or voluntary associations, as well as to individuals, unless plainly inapplicable.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this section.
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING. Next before and next after, respectively.
PROPERTY. Include real and personal property.
REAL PROPERTY. Include lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
SHALL and MAY. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
SHALL HAVE BEEN. Include past and future cases.
SIGNATURE OR SUBSCRIPTION BY MARK. Includes a mark when the signer cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his or her own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a SIGNATURE OR SUBSCRIPTION BY MARK can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
STATE. The State of Arizona.
TENANT OR OCCUPANT. Applied to a building or land shall include any person holding a written or an oral lease or who occupies the whole or part of such building or land, either alone or with others.
TIME; COMPUTATION. The time within which an act is to be done as provided in this code or in any order issued pursuant to any ordinance, when expressed in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, except that if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday it shall be excluded; and when such time is expressed in hours, the whole of Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, from midnight to midnight, shall be excluded.
TIME; REASONABLE. In all cases where any section of this code shall require any act to be done in a reasonable time or reasonable notice to be given, such reasonable time or notice shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of such duty or compliance with such notice.
TOWN. The Town of Guadalupe, Arizona.
WEEK. Consists of seven consecutive days.
WRITING. Includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.
YEAR. A calendar year, except where otherwise provided.
(1989 Code, § 1-3) (Ord. O2020.20, passed 4-23-2020)