The construction of all ordinances of this be by the rules, unless the construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislative body or of the context of the same ordinance:
(A) AND or OR. Either conjunction include the other as if “and/or,” if the sense requires it.
(B) Acts by assistants. When a statute or ordinance requires an act to be done which, by law, an agent or deputy as well do as the principal, the requisition be satisfied by the performance of the act by an authorized agent or deputy.
(C) Gender; singular and plural; tenses. Words denoting the masculine gender be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders; words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; the use of a verb in the present tense include the future, if applicable.
(D) General term. A general term specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited.