For the purpose of this code, unless otherwise specifically provided, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings.
THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. The Town Code as modified by amendment, revision, and adoption of new titles, chapters, or sections.
BOND. When a BOND is required, an undertaking in writing shall be sufficient.
COMPUTATION OF TIME. The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day. If the last day is Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
COUNCIL. The Town Council of the Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina, constituting the governing body of the town.
COUNTY. Cabarrus, North Carolina.
MONTH. A calendar month.
OATH. Includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an OATH, and in such cases, the words "affirm" and "affirmed" shall be equivalent to the words "swear" and "sworn".
OFFICIALS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND THE LIKE. Whenever reference is made to OFFICIALS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND THE LIKE, by title only, they shall be construed as if followed by the words "of the Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina."
OWNER. When applied to buildings or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or part of the building or land.
PERSON. Includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization, and any other group acting as a unit, as well as an individual.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Every species of property, except real property as herein defined.
PRECEDING and FOLLOWING. Next before and next after, respectively.
PROPERTY. Real and personal PROPERTY.
REAL PROPERTY. Lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
SIDEWALK. Any portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
SIGNATURE or SUBSCRIPTION. Shall include a mark when a person cannot write.
STATE. The State of North Carolina.
STATUTES REFERENCES. The General Statutes of North Carolina shall be cited to throughout this code as "G.S."
STREET. Any public way, road, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley, lane, path, viaduct, bridge, or other public place and the approaches thereto within the town when any part thereof is open to the use of the public and established for purposes of vehicular traffic.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. Applied to a building or land shall include any person who occupies the whole or part of the building or land, whether alone or with others.
TOWN. The Town of Harrisburg in the County of Cabarrus and the State of North Carolina.
TOWN LIMITS or CORPORATE LIMITS. The legal boundary of the Town of Harrisburg, North Carolina.
WRITING or WRITTEN. Shall include printing and any other mode of representing words and letters.
YEAR. A calendar year.
Statutory reference:
Similar state law definitions, see G.S. § 12-3