(A) Definitions. In the construction of this code and of all other ordinances of the city, the following definitions shall be observed, unless it shall be otherwise expressly provided in any section or ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Board of Aldermen, or unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Otterville, Missouri.
CITY. The City of Otterville, Missouri.
COUNTY, THE COUNTY, or THIS COUNTY. The County of Cooper, Missouri.
DAY. A day of 24 hours, beginning at 12:00 midnight.
MAY. Is permissive.
MAYOR. The Mayor of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Otterville, Missouri.
MONTH. A calendar month.
OATH. Include an affirmation in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an OATH, and in such cases the words SWEAR and SWORN shall be equivalent to the words AFFIRM and AFFIRMED.
OWNER. As applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a part of such building or land.
PERSON. May extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING. When used by way of reference to any section of this code, shall mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference.
PROPERTY. Includes real and personal property.
PUBLIC WAY. Include any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare.
REAL PROPERTY, PREMISES, REAL ESTATE, or LANDS. Co-extensive with lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. The portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE, THE STATE, and THIS STATE. The State of Missouri.
STREET. Include any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley, or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include all of them.
TENANT and OCCUPANT. As applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
WRITING, IN WRITING, and WRITING WORD FOR WORD. Includes printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters, but in all cases where the signature of any person is required, the proper handwriting of the person, or his or her mark, is intended.
YEAR. A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word YEAR shall be equivalent to the words “year of our Lord”.
(B) Newspaper. Whenever in this code or other ordinance of the city it is required that notice be published in the “official newspaper” or a “newspaper of general circulation published in the city”, and if there is no newspaper published within the city, the said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, regardless of its place of publication. Such newspaper shall not include an advertising circular or other medium for which no subscription list is maintained.
(Prior Code, § 100.080)