For the purpose of this code of ordinances, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public right-of-way, other than a street, affording secondary means of access to abutting property.
AUDITOR. The County Auditor of Guthrie County, Iowa.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors.
CODE OF ORDINANCES. The Code of Ordinances of the County of Guthrie, Iowa, 2023.
COUNTY. Guthrie County, Iowa.
MAY. Confers a power.
MEASURE. An ordinance, amendment, resolution or motion.
MUST. States a requirement.
OCCUPANT or TENANT. Applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
ORDINANCES. The ordinances of the County of Guthrie, Iowa, as embodied in this code of ordinances, ordinances not repealed by the ordinance adopting this code of ordinances and those enacted hereafter.
PERSON. An individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body.
PUBLIC WAY. Includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.
SHALL. Imposes a duty.
SIDEWALK. The surfaced portion of the street between the edge of the traveled way, surfacing or curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The State of Iowa.
STATUTES or LAWS. The latest edition of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.