In this Code, unless otherwise provided for or the context otherwise requires:
(A) "ALASKA STATUTES OR THE STATUTORY CITATION" OR "AS" means the official Alaska Statutes.
(B) "ASSESSOR" means the City Assessor or designee.
(C) "ATTORNEY" means the City Attorney.
(D) "CITY MANAGER" means the City Manager of the City of Unalaska or designee.
(E) "CLERK" means the City Clerk or designee.
(F) "CODE" means the Unalaska Code of Ordinances.
(G) "CITY COUNCIL" means the City Council of the City of Unalaska.
(H) "FINANCE DIRECTOR" means the Director of Finance or designee.
(I) "LAW" denotes federal and state law, including the Constitution, statutes, and regulations of the United States and the State of Alaska, the ordinances of the City and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
(J) "LEGAL CITY HOLIDAY" means New Year's Day (January 1), Martin Luther King's Birthday (the third Monday in January), President's Day (the third Monday in February), Memorial Day (the last Monday in May), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (the first Monday in September), Veterans' Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday of November), and Christmas Day (December 25).
(K) "MAYOR" means the Mayor of the City of Unalaska.
(L) "OATH" includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
(M) "OR" may be read "AND" and "AND" may be read "OR" if the sense requires it.
(N) "OWNER" applied to a building or land, means the owner or purchaser of record, including any part or joint owner.
(O) "PEACE OFFICER" means any officer of the state police, members of the police force of any incorporated municipality, United States Marshals and their deputies, and other officers whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace.
(P) "PERSON" includes an individual, governmental entity, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association.
(Q) "PERSONAL PROPERTY" means all tangible property other than real property, such as merchandise, stock in trade, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, boats, and aircraft.
(R) "PROPERTY" means real and personal property.
(S) "PUBLISHED" means appearing at least once in a newspaper of general circulation distributed in the City or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation distributed in the City means posting in three (3) public places for at least five (5) days.
(AS 29.71.800(18))
(T) "REAL PROPERTY" means land and improvement, all possessory rights and privileges appurtenant to the property, and includes personal property affixed to the land or improvements.
(U) "STATE" means the State of Alaska.
(Am. Ord. 2004-02, passed 2-10-04)