The following listed rules of construction apply to the text of this chapter.
(A) The particular shall control the general.
(B) The headings which title various articles and subsections and the statements of purpose are for convenience only and are not to be considered in any construction or interpretation of this chapter or as enlarging or restricting the terms and provisions of this chapter in any respect.
(C) The word “shall” is always mandatory and not discretionary. The word “may” is permissive.
(D) Words used in the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
(E) The word “building” includes the word “structure”.
(F) A “building” or “structure” includes any part thereof.
(G) The word “person” includes a firm, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation or combination of any of them as well as a natural person.
(H) The word “used” or “occupied”, as applied to any land or building, shall be construed to include the words “intended”, “arranged”, “designed to be used” or “occupied”.
(I) Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning of common or standard utilization.
(J) The term “adjoining lots and parcels” is intended to include lots and parcels separated by highways, roads, streets, streams, creeks, rivers or other bodies of water.
(Prior Code, Ch. XXXIII, § 2.1) (Ord. 2-2004, passed 8-9-2004)