For the purpose of interpreting and administering the chapter, the following rules shall be used.
(A) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number and the plural the singular, where the context requires.
(B) The word “shall” is mandatory and not discretionary.
(C) The word “may” is permissive.
(D) The word “lot” shall include the words “piece”; “parcel” and “tract”; and the phrase “used” shall include the phrases “arranged for”, “intended for”, “maintained for” and “occupied for”.
(E) All measured distance shall be to the nearest integral foot if a fraction is one-half foot or less, the integral foot next below shall be taken.
(F) Any words not defined as follows shall be construed in their general accepted meanings in the most recent publication of Webster’s Dictionary.
(G) The words and terms set forth herein under “definitions” wherever they occur in this chapter shall be interpreted as herein defined.
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