For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. Any way or place providing a secondary means of ingress and egress from a property.
CHARTER. The General Law Village Act, Act 3 of 1895, being M.C.L. §§ 61.1 et seq.
CODE. The Sebewaing Village Code as designated in § 10.01.
COMPUTATION OF TIME. The time within which an act is to be done, as provided in this code or in any order issued pursuant to this code, when expressed in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, except that if the last day be Sunday or a legal holiday it shall be excluded; and when the time is expressed in hours, the whole of Sunday or a legal holiday, from midnight to midnight, shall be excluded.
COUNTY. County of Huron, Michigan.
JUVENILE. Any person under 17 years of age.
MINOR. A person under 21 years of age.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION. An act or omission that is prohibited by this code or any ordinance of the village, but which is not a crime under this code or any other ordinance of the village, and for which civil sanctions, including without limitation, fines, damages, expenses and costs may be ordered, as authorized by Public Act 236 of 1961, Chapter 87, being M.C.L. §§ 600.8701 et seq., as amended. A MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTION is not a lesser included offense of any criminal offense in this code.
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT, BOARD AND THE LIKE. Whenever any officer, department, board or other public agency is referred to by title only, the reference shall be construed as if followed by the words "of the Village of Sebewaing, Michigan." Whenever, by the provisions of this code, any OFFICER of the village is assigned any duty or empowered to perform any act or duty, reference to the OFFICER shall mean and include the OFFICER or his or her deputy or authorized subordinate.
ORDINANCES. The ordinances of the Village of Sebewaing and all amendments thereto.
PERSON. Any individual, co-partnership, corporation, association, club, joint adventure, estate, trust and any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the individuals constituting that group or unit.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any place to or upon which the public resorts or travels, whether the place is owned or controlled by the village or any agency of the state, or is a place to or upon which the public resorts or travels by custom, or by invitation, express or implied.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curb lines or lateral lines and the right-of-way lines which is intended for the use of pedestrians.
STATE. The term THE STATE or THIS STATE shall be construed to mean the State of Michigan.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width subject to an easement for public right-of-way or owned in fee simple by the village, county or state, of every way or place, of whatever nature whenever any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right for purposes of public travel.
VILLAGE. The Village of Sebewaing.
(1988 Code, § 1.103)