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.
BOND. Includes an undertaking.
CHILD. Includes child by adoption.
COUNCIL. The Village Council of Oak Harbor.
COUNTY. Ottawa County, Ohio.
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.
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.
IMPRISONED. Shall have the same meaning as in R.C. § 1.05.
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 municipality of Oak Harbor, Ohio, irrespective of its population or legal classification.
O.A.C. Refers to the Ohio Administrative Code.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm.
OF UNSOUND MIND. The person lacks the relevant mental capacity.
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, SEWER, SEWERS, and SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE. 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.
UNDERTAKING. Includes a bond.
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. Includes 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)