The following rules of interpretation apply to this Chapter.
A. How to Compute Periods Measured in Months. If a period of time is measured in months, the period begins and ends on the same day of a month; however, if there are not enough days in the final month for this to be possible, the period ends on the final day of the final month.
B. How to Compute Periods Measured in Days. If this Chapter requires or allows a person to perform an act within a specific time period measured in days, the person must compute the deadline in the following manner:
1. If the period follows an event, count the day after the event as the first day of the period.
2. Count the remaining number of calendar days in the period; however, if the period is 7 days or fewer, omit Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
3. Do not count the last day if it is a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or if the office where the person must file a document or perform an act is not open during the regular hours of that office on that day.
C. Requirements to Act by a Specific Date.
1. If the law requires or allows a person to perform an act by a specific date, but the specific date is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the person may perform the act on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
2. Any action required to be taken within a specific time period is measured from the date of a final agency action, or, if a party seeks judicial review of the agency action, from the date the court makes a final decision.
D. Signatures. The signature of a person may be the actual signature of the person or a mark that the person has authorized.
E. Singular and Plural. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
F. Tense. The present tense includes the future tense.
G. Use of “Or”. “Or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events may apply singularly or in any combination.
H. Use of “Includes”. “Includes” does not limit a term to the specific examples.
I. Titles of Articles, Divisions, and Sections. Titles and captions are not part of the law. They only advise the reader of the content of each Article, Division, or Section.
J. Use of “Chapter”. “Chapter” means a numbered section in the Montgomery County Code.
K. Use of “Section”. In this Chapter, “Section” means section or subsection, as the context indicates.
L. Use of “In Writing”. In this Chapter, written communication includes electronic communication.
M. Reference to County Standards. For infrastructure under the jurisdiction of State or local municipalities, references in these regulations to County standards, published policy, and procedures include the applicable standards, policy, and procedures of the agency responsible for maintaining the infrastructure. (Ord. No. 18-19, §2; Ord. No. 19-12, §1.)