For the purposes of administration and enforcement of this chapter, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, the following rules of construction shall apply to the text of this chapter.
(a) In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any caption, illustration, summary table, or illustrative table, the text shall control.
(b) The word “shall” is always mandatory and not discretionary; the word “may” is permissive.
(c) 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.
(d) The phase “used for” included “arranged for”, “designed for”, “maintained for”, or “occupied for”.
(e) The word “person” includes an individual, a group of individuals, a corporation, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, an incorporated association, any business association, an estate, or any other similar entity.
(f) Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, where a regulation involves two (2) or more items, conditions, provisions, or events connected by the conjunction “and”, “or” or “either . . . or”, the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(1) “And” indicates that all the connected terms conditions provisions or events shall apply.
(2) “Or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events may apply singly or in any combination.
(3) “Either . . . or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events shall apply singly but not in combination.
(g) The word “includes shall not limit a term to the specific example but is intended its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or character,
(h) “Service-Safety Director” means the Service-Safety Director of Lancaster, Ohio or the municipal official or administrative staff person that the Service-Safety Director may designate to carry out the administration of this ordinance.
(Ord. 24-05. Passed 5-23-05.)