For the purpose of this Code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AND. May be read OR, and OR may be read AND, if the sense requires it.
(ORC § l.02(F))
ANOTHER. When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
(ORC § 1.02(B))
BUSINESS. Includes without limitation, any employment, occupation, profession or activity (both commercial and non-commercial) generating revenue or income, including without limitation those engaged in for profit, gain or livelihood.
(Ord. 2008-O-9, passed 6-9-2008)
COUNCIL. The legislative authority of the municipality.
COUNTY. The county or counties in which the municipality is located.
IMPRISONED. Includes the following:
(1) Imprisoned in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse if the offense is a misdemeanor.
(2) Imprisoned in a state correctional institution if the offense is an aggravated murder, murder, another offense punishable by life imprisonment, an aggravated felony of the first, second or third degree, or a felony of the first or second degree, or if imprisonment in a state correctional institution is ordered pursuant to Ohio R.C. § 2929.34.
(3) Imprisoned in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse if the offense is a felony of the third or fourth degree and is committed by a person who previously has not pleaded guilty to, pleaded no contest to and been found guilty of, or been convicted of a felony, if the offense is not an offense of violence, if the department of rehabilitation and correction and the local authority that operates the jail or workhouse has entered into an agreement pursuant to Ohio R.C. § 5120.161 for the housing of such persons in the jail or workhouse, and if the department designates, pursuant to that section, that the person is to be imprisoned in the jail or workhouse.
(4) Imprisoned in a state correctional institution if the offense is a third or fourth degree felony and the person is not imprisoned in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse as described in division (3) above.
(ORC § 1.05)
KEEPER or PROPRIETOR. Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent, or employee.
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of incorporeal nature.
(ORC § 701.01(F))
MAY. Is permissive.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm.
(ORC § 1.59(B), § 701.01(C))
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.
(ORC § 1.59(C), § 701.01(A))
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes all property except real.
PLAN OF SEWERAGE, SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE, SEWER, and SEWERS. Includes sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor.
(ORC § 701.01(G))
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates, and interests.
(ORC § 701.01(E))
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government, its officers, or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
R.C. or REVISED CODE. Refers to the Revised Code of Ohio.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail; and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail.
(ORC § 1.02(G))
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. That portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The State of Ohio.
STREET. Includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, highways, viaducts, and all other public thoroughfares within the municipality.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises, alone or with others.
VILLAGE, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, or MUNICIPALITY. When used in this code, shall denote the municipality irrespective of its population or legal classification.
WEEK. Seven consecutive days.
(ORC § 1.44(A))
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private.
(ORC § 1.02(A))
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. The terms include printing and any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures; includes printing.
(ORC § 1.59(J), § 701.01(B))
YEAR. Twelve consecutive months.
(ORC § 1.44(B))