The following rules of construction apply to the text of this Planning and Zoning Code:
(a) The particular shall control the general.
(b) In the case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this Code and any caption, illustration, summary table or illustrative table, those provisions which are the most restrictive shall apply.
(c) The word "shall" is always mandatory and not discretionary. The word "may" is permissive. The word "should" is a preferred requirement.
(d) Words used in the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
(e) A "building" or "structure" includes any part thereof.
(f) The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for", "designed for", "intended for", "maintained for" or "occupied for".
(g) The word "person" includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an incorporated association, a trust, a company, or any other similar entity.
(h) The word "includes" shall not limit a term to the specified examples, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or character.