For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENT. A person acting on behalf of the principal with authority conferred by the principal to the AGENT, either expressly or by implication.
CITY. The City of Wallace, County of Shoshone, State of Idaho.
CHIEF OF POLICE. The Chief of Police shall be the individual appointed as the head of the Police Department, or the executive officer of that agency/organization contracted to carry out the policing functions for the city.
CODE. The City Code of the City of Wallace.
COUNCIL. Unless otherwise indicated, the City Council of the City of Wallace, Idaho.
COUNTY. The County of Shoshone, State of Idaho.
CRIME. An act in violation of this code.
EMPLOYEES. Whenever reference is made in this code to a city employee by title only, this shall be construed as though followed by the words “of the City of Wallace.”
FELONY. A crime as defined under Idaho Code § 18-111.
GENDER. A word importing either the masculine or feminine gender only shall extend and be applied to the other gender and to persons.
INFRACTION. A civil public offense, not constituting a crime, which is punishable only by a penalty not to exceed $300 and for which no incarceration may be imposed.
LICENSE. The permission granted for the carrying on of a business, profession, or occupation.
MISDEMEANOR. Every crime, except a felony.
NUISANCE. Anything offensive to the sensibilities of reasonable persons, or any act or activity creating a hazard which threatens the health and welfare of inhabitants of the city, or any activity which, by its perpetuation, can reasonably be said to have a detrimental effect on the property of a person or persons within the community, or that activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted, or unlawful use by a person of his or her own property working obstruction or injury to the right of another or to the public.
OCCUPANT. As applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land, whether alone or with others, or who has possession of or who can control what goes on the premises.
OFFENSE. Any act forbidden by any provision of this code or the omission of any act required by the provisions of this code.
OFFICERS. Whenever reference is made in this code to a city officer by title only, this shall be construed as though followed by the words “of the City of Wallace.”
OPERATOR. The person who is in charge of any operation, business, or profession.
OWNER. As applied to a building or land, shall include any person, any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, or lessee of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
PERSON. Any public or private corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization, government, legal representative, trustee or receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Shall include tangible or intangible property and every description of money, goods, chattels, effects, evidence of rights in action, and all written instruments by which any pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished and every right or interest therein, whether it has any intrinsic value or not.
RETAILER. Unless otherwise specifically defined, shall be understood to relate to a person engaged in the sale of goods, merchandise, articles, or things direct to the consumer.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway or other property.
STATE. The State of Idaho.
STREET. Shall include thoroughfares such as alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, public ways, public squares, public places and sidewalks, or urban ways used for travel.
TENANT. As applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
WHOLESALER or WHOLESALE DEALER. Relates to the sale of goods, merchandise, articles, or things to persons who purchase for the purpose of resale.
WRITTEN, IN WRITING. May include printing and any other mode of representing words and letters, but when the written signature of any person is required by law to any official or public writing or bond, it shall be in the proper handwriting of such person, or, in case such person is unable to write, by such person’s proper mark.
(Prior Code, § 1-3-2)