CHAPTER 10: GENERAL CODE CONSTRUCTION; GENERAL PENALTY

Section

   10.01   Title of code

   10.02   Rules of interpretation

   10.03   Captions

   10.04   Definitions

   10.05   Severability

   10.06   Reference to other sections

   10.07   Reference to offices

   10.08   Errors and omissions

   10.09   Powers to enact, amend or repeal ordinances and resolutions; generally

   10.10   Ordinances repealed

   10.11   Ordinances unaffected

   10.12   Repeal or modification of an ordinance

   10.13   Ordinances which amend or supplement code

   10.14   Preservation of penalties, offenses, rights and liabilities

   10.15   Corporate limits

   10.99   General penalty

§ 10.01 TITLE OF CODE.

   All ordinances of a permanent and general nature, as revised, codified, rearranged, renumbered and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections, shall be known and designated as the "Lead city code", for which designation "code of ordinances" or "codified ordinances" may be substituted. Code title, chapter and section headings do not constitute any part of the law as contained in the code.

§ 10.02 RULES OF INTERPRETATION.

   (A)   Generally. Unless otherwise provided herein, or by law or implication required, the same rules of construction, definition and application shall govern the interpretation of this code as those governing the interpretation of state law.

   (B)   Specific rules of interpretation. The construction of all ordinances shall be by the following rules, unless that construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislative body or of the context of the same ordinance:

      (1)   Acts by assistants. When a statute, code provisions or ordinance requires an act to be done which, by law, an agent or deputy as well may do as the principal, that requisition shall be satisfied by the performance of the act by an authorized agent or deputy.

      (2)   Gender; singular and plural; tenses. Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders; words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular; the use of a verb in the present tense shall include the future, if applicable.

      (3)   General term. A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited. General terms descriptive of an officer, act, proceeding or thing shall have reference to a municipality concerned or affected.

Statutory reference:

   General terms descriptive of an officer, act, proceeding and the like, see SDCL § 9-1-1

§ 10.03 CAPTIONS.

   Headings and captions used in this code other than the title, chapter and section numbers are employed for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section.