In construing this chapter, the following rules of construction shall govern, unless their observance would involve a construction inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, or be repugnant to the context of this chapter.
(A) Words used in the present tense shall include the past and future tenses, and the future tense shall include the present.
(B) Words in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
(C) The word shall is mandatory, and the word may is permissive.
(D) The use of one gender shall include all other genders.
(E) References herein to the Administrator, Planner, Assessor, Engineer, Building Officer, and Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall mean the person who then holds that position in the city, unless otherwise expressly stated.
(F) The use of the phrase “used for” shall include the phrases “designed for,” “intended for,” “improved for,” “maintained for,” “offered for,” and “occupied for.”
(G) Words and phrases shall be construed according to rules of grammar and according to their common and approved usage; but technical words and phrases and others as have acquired a special meaning, or are defined in this chapter, shall be construed according to that special meaning or their definition.
(H) References in this chapter to this chapter or to another city ordinance or code provision, whether or not by specific number, shall mean this chapter, and the referred-to ordinance or code provision, as it is in force as of the effective date of this chapter, and as it may from time to time thereafter be amended and modified, and shall also mean and include any ordinances that may supersede or be substituted for the ordinance or code provision so referred to.
(I) All measured distances expressed in feet shall be rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot.
(1997 Code, § 25.03) (Ord. passed 11-14-1994)