Except as otherwise specifically provided or indicated by the context of this charter:
(a) The word `city' shall mean the City of Inkster;
(b) The word `council' shall mean the City Council of the City of Inkster;
(c) The word `law' shall denote applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of Michigan, the applicable common law, and this charter;
(d) The word `officer' shall include, but shall not be limited to, the mayor, the members of the council, and, as hereinafter provided, the administrative officers, deputy administrative officers, and members of city boards created by or pursuant to this charter: Provided, that city representatives on the board of supervisors of Wayne County shall not be officers of the city within the meaning of this charter, by virtue of being such representatives;
(e) The word `person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate and to partnerships and associations, as well as to individuals;
(f) The words `printed' and `printing' shall include printing, engraving, stencil duplicating, lithographing, typewriting, photostating, or any similar method;
(g) The words `public utility' shall include all common carriers in the public streets; water, sewage, electric light, gas, electric power, telephone and telegraph lines, and systems, wharves and docks, garbage collection, garbage disposal and reduction plants, and such other and different enterprises as the council may from time to time determine or designate;
(h) Except in reference to signatures, the words `written' and `in writing' shall include hand written script, printing, typewriting, and teletype and telegraphic communications;
(i) All words indicating the present tense shall not be limited to the time of the adoption of this charter, but shall extend to and include the time of the happening of any event or requirement to which the provision is applied;
(j) The singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine gender shall extend to and include the feminine gender and the neuter.