Where words and phrases used in this Code of Ordinances are defined in Chapter 4 and Chapter 331 of the Code of Iowa, such definitions apply to their use in this Code of Ordinances and are adopted by reference. Those definitions so adopted that need further definition or are reiterated, and other words and phrases used herein, have the following meanings, unless specifically defined otherwise in another portion of this Code of Ordinances.
1. “Amendment” means a revision or repeal of an existing ordinance or code of ordinances.
2. “Auditor” means the County Auditor of Story County, Iowa.
3. “Assessor” means the County Assessor of Story County, Iowa.
4. “Board,” “Board of Supervisors” or “Supervisors” means the Board of Supervisors of Story County, Iowa.
5. “Board of Health” means the Board of Health of Story County, Iowa.
6. “Code” means the specific chapter of this Code of Ordinances in which a specific subject is covered and bears a descriptive title word (such as the Building Code and/or a standard code adopted by reference).
7. “Code of Ordinances” means the Code of Ordinances of Story County, Iowa.
8. “County” means Story County, Iowa.
9. “County Attorney” means the Story County Attorney.
10. “County civil infraction” means a violation of a County ordinance which provides for a civil penalty as authorized by Section 331.307 of the Code of Iowa.
11. “County Engineer” means the Story County Engineer.
12. “May” confers a power.
13. “Measure” means an ordinance, amendment, resolution or motion. For the purposes of this Code of Ordinances, “measure” and “legislation” are synonymous. Adoption of “legislation” or a “measure” is the method used by the Board of Supervisors to perform duties and exercise power granted by the Constitution and Laws of the State.
14. “Month” means a calendar month.
15. “Motion” means a statement of policy or an order for action to be taken. A “motion” is a proposal made to evoke action on the part of the Board of Supervisors, and if adopted, becomes the will and a resolution of the Board.
16. “Must” states a requirement.
17. “Oath” means an affirmation in all cases in which by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words “affirm” and “affirmed” are equivalent to the words “swear” and “sworn.”
18. “Occupant” or “tenant,” applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
19. “Ordinance” means a County law of a general and permanent nature. An “ordinance” is a local law, a rule of conduct prospective in its operation, applying to persons and things of the County.
20. “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust, or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof.
21. “Preceding” and “following” mean the next before and the next after, respectively.
22. “Property” includes real property and tangible and intangible personal property unless clearly indicated otherwise.
23. “Property owner” means a person owning private property in the County as shown by the County Auditor’s plats of the County.
24. “Public place” includes in its meaning (but is not restricted to) any County-owned open place, such as parks and squares.
25. “Public property” means any and all property owned by the County or held in the name of the County by any of the departments, commissions or agencies within the County government.
26. “Public way” includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.
27. “Recorder” means the County Recorder of Story County, Iowa.
28. “Resolution” means a statement of policy or an order for action to be taken. A “resolution” is not a local law but merely the form in which the Board of Supervisors expresses an opinion or will as to some given matter or thing, and is only to have a temporary effect. A “resolution” may be used to govern the procedures of the Board in the case of their ministerial functions and may direct performance.
29. “Shall” imposes a duty.
30. “State” means the State of Iowa.
31. “Statutes” or “laws” means the latest edition of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
32. “Street” or “highway” means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.
33. “Treasurer” means the County Treasurer of Story County, Iowa.
34. “Writing” or “written” includes printing, typing, lithographing or other mode of representing words and letters.
35. “Year” means a calendar year.