For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY ENGINEER. The duly appointed incumbent of the office of City Engineer of the City of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, if such an office shall exist and be then occupied. If the office shall not exist or shall be vacant, the Council shall designate an engineer or firm of engineers in connection with any proposed improvement, in which event the term CITY ENGINEER shall be held to mean the engineer or firm of engineers so designated.
COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Rockaway Beach, Oregon.
OWNER. In relation to the ownership of real property, the term shall be held to mean the record holder of the legal title to the land in question; except that if there is a purchaser of the land whose interest therein is evidenced by a recorded contract for the sale thereof, or by a written verified statement of record holder of the legal title to the land duly filed with the Clerk and Assessor of Tillamook County, Oregon, then the purchaser as well as the recorder of the legal title shall be deemed the OWNER.
(Prior Code, Ord. 57, passed 1-20-1959)