For the purpose of this code of ordinances, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The Town Council of the Town of La Jara.
CODE. The La Jara Municipal Code as published and subsequently amended, unless the context requires otherwise.
COUNTY. The County of Conejos, Colorado.
C.R.S. The Colorado Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto.
DAY. The period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
DAYTIME. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
IN THE TOWN. All territory over which the town has, or shall hereafter acquire, the jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers.
LAW. Denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the State of Colorado, the ordinances of the town and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
MAY. Is permissive.
MISDEMEANOR. Violation and is not intended to mean crime or criminal conduct.
MONTH. A calendar month.
NIGHTTIME. The period of time between sunset and sunrise.
OATH. Includes an affirmation or declaration in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation or declaration may be substituted for an OATH, and in such cases the words swear and sworn shall be equivalent to the words affirm and affirmed.
ORDINANCE. A law of the town; provided that a temporary or special law, administrative action, orders or directive may be in the form of a resolution.
OWNER. As applied to a building, land, motorized vehicle, animal or other real or personal property, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety or any other person with a possessory interest in the whole or a part of said building, land, motor vehicle, animal or other real or personal property.
PERSON. A natural person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, joint stock company, club, company, business, trust or other organization acting as a group or unit, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
PRECEDING and FOLLOWING. The next before and next after, respectively.
PROPERTY. Includes real property and tangible and intangible personal property.
PUBLIC WAY. Includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk, trail, right-of- way or other public thoroughfare.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
SHALL and MUST. Mandatory.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The State of Colorado.
STREET. Includes any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley, lane, court, place, square, curb or other public thoroughfare in the town which has been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of this state, and each of such words shall include all of them.
TENANT and OCCUPANT. As 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.
TOWN. The Town of La Jara, Colorado, or the area within the territorial limits of the Town of La Jara, Colorado, and such territory outside of the town over which the town has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
WRITTEN. Includes printed, typewritten, photocopied, mimeographed, multigraphed or otherwise reproduced in permanent visible form.
YEAR. A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed.