Section
10.01 Short titles
10.02 Definitions
10.03 Rules of construction
10.04 Revivor; effect of amendment or repeal
10.05 Construction of section references
10.06 Conflicting provisions
10.07 Severability
10.08 Reference to offices
10.09 Errors and omissions
10.10 Ordinances repealed
10.11 Ordinances unaffected
10.12 Ordinances saved
10.13 Application to future ordinances
10.14 Interpretation
10.15 Amendments to code; amendatory language
10.16 Statutory references
10.17 Preservation of penalties, offenses, rights and liabilities
10.18 Determination of legislative intent
10.99 General penalty
(A) All ordinances of a permanent and general nature of the municipality, as revised, codified, rearranged, renumbered, and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters, and sections, shall be known and designated as the “Municipal Code of Minster,” for which designation “code of ordinances,” “codified ordinances” or “code” may be substituted. Code title, chapter, and section headings do not constitute any part of the law as contained in the code.
(R.C. § 1.01)
(B) All references to codes, titles, chapters, and sections are to such components of the code unless otherwise specified. Any component code may be referred to and cited by its name, such as the “Traffic Code.” Sections may be referred to and cited by the designation “§” followed by the number, such as “§ 10.01.” 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.
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.
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.
CHILD. Includes child by adoption.
COUNCIL. The Legislative Authority of the municipality.
COUNTY. Auglaize County.
FIRE CHIEF. Shall include the Chief of a fire department if such fire department has been established in the municipality, and shall include the Fire Prevention Officer if no fire department has been established in the municipality.
IMPRISONED. Shall have the same meaning as in R.C. § 1.05.
INTERNET. The international computer network of both federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web.
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.
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY. The Legislative Authority of the municipality.
MAY. Is permissive.
MUNICIPALITY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, or MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. When used in this code, shall denote the Village of Minster, irrespective of its population or legal classification.
O.A.C. Refers to the Ohio Administrative Code.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm.
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.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes all property except real property.
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.
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates, and interests.
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 Ohio Revised Code.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail; and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail.
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.
WEEK. Seven consecutive days.
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private.
WRITING. Includes printing.
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. The terms include any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
YEAR. Twelve consecutive months.
(R.C. §§ 1.02, 1.05, 1.44, 1.59, 701.01)
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