For the purpose of this code, 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.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. The person(s) or delegated agency or company responsible for building and code enforcement duties. May also be referred to as Building Administrator, Building Commissioner, Zoning Commissioners, Building Officials or similar titles.
CHILD. Includes child by adoption.
CITY MANAGER. The chief executive and administrative officer of the municipality. May also be referred to as Village Manager, Municipal Administrator, Service Director, Building Commissioner, or Public Safety Director. Or he may designate persons to serve in a capacity to undertake various functions and duties of the city.
COUNCIL. The Legislative Authority of the municipality.
COUNTY. The county or counties in which the municipality is located.
FIRE CHIEF. Shall include the Chief of a 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 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, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, or MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. When used in this code, shall denote the municipality irrespective of its population or legal classification.
O.A.C. Refers to the Ohio Administrative Code.
OATH. Includes affirmation; and SWEAR includes affirm.
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PERSON. Includes 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. Includes sewers, sewage disposal works and treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor.
POLICE CHIEF. Includes the Chief of Police Department if such police department has been established in the city.
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates, and interests.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government, its officers, or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes 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.
R.C. or REVISED CODE. Refers to the Ohio Revised Code.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes 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. Includes 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.
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. The terms include any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
YEAR. Twelve consecutive months.
(R.C. §§ 1.02, 1.05, 1.44, 1.59, 701.01)