For the purpose of this chapter, 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 legislative authority of the municipality.
COUNTY.
The county or counties in which the municipality is located.
FIRE CHIEF.
Includes the Chief of the 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.
IMPRISONED.
Shall have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 1.05.
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.
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
or
CITY.
The City of Reading.
O.A.C.
Refers to the Ohio Administrative Code.
OATH.
Includes affirmation and SWEAR includes affirm.
OHIO R.C., ORC
or
REVISED CODE
refers to the Ohio Revised Code.
OWNER.
When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PERSON.
An individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Includes all property except real property.
PLAN OF SEWERAGE, SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE, SEWER, and SEWERS.
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.
Real, personal, mixed estates, and interests.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
Boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government,its officers, or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE.
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.
REAL PROPERTY.
Lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL.
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.
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
include any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
YEAR.
Twelve consecutive months.
(ORC 1.02, 1.44, 1.59, 701.01) (`82 Code, § 202.02)