The language of this chapter shall be interpreted in accordance with the following regulations:
(A) The word “person” includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity, as well as an individual;
(B) The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular, in each case, if the context so requires;
(C) The word “shall” is mandatory, the word “may” is permissive;
(D) The words “used” or “occupied” include the words “intended,” “designed,” “constructed,” “altered,” or “arranged” to be used or occupied;
(E) The word “lot” includes the words “plot,” “tract,” or “parcel;” and
(F) Where a regulation involves 2 or more items, conditions, provisions or events connected by the conjunction “and,” “or,” or “either... or,” the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) “And” indicates that all the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply;
(b) “Or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions or events may apply singly or in any combination; and
(c) “Either... or” indicates that all the connected items, conditions, provisions or events shall apply singly but not in combination.
(G) The terms “more intense” and “less intense” are terms used herein to describe relationships between particular districts. This relationship is based upon the uses permitted within each district. A “more intense” district permits more uses or a greater density of uses than a “less intense” district. District intensity groupings progress from Agricultural, to Residential, to Commercial/Town Center, to Industrial Districts, in the sequence listed within each group of districts from least intense to the most intense.
(Ord. 1221, § 12.01, passed 1-26-2010)