The following rules of construction shall be observed in the enforcement and interpretation of the within ordinance:
(A) All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of language, except that technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a special meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such special meaning.
(B) Every word herein importing the masculine gender shall extend and be applied to females as well as males. Every word importing the singular only shall extend and be applied to the plural as well as to the singular; and every word importing the plural shall extend and be applied to the singular as well as to the plural.
(Prior Code, Art. 22, § 22.3)