The following rules of construction shall apply to the text of this Ordinance:
(a) The particular shall control the general.
(b) In the event there is any conflict or inconsistency between the heading of an article, section, subsection, or paragraph of this Ordinance and the context thereof, the heading shall not be deemed to affect the scope, meaning, or intent of such context.
(c) In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this Ordinance and any caption, illustration, summary table, illustrative table, the text shall control.
(d) In case of conflict between regulations the more restrictive shall apply.
(e) Words used in the present tense shall include the future.
(f) Words used in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the context indicates the contrary.
(g) The masculine shall include the feminine and the neutral.
(h) The word “shall” is always mandatory and not discretionary.
(i) Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, where a regulation involves two or more items, conditions, provisions, or events connected by the conjunction “and”, “or”, “either/or”, the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows:
(1) “And” indicates that all the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events shall apply.
(2) “Or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events shall apply singly or in any combination.
(3) “Either/or” indicates that the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events shall apply singly but not in combination.
(j) The phrase “used for” includes “arranged for”, “designed for”, “intended for”, “maintained for”, or “occupied for”.
(k) The word “includes” or “including” or the phrase “such as “ shall not limit a term to the specified examples, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like or kind of character.
(l) A “building” or “structure” shall include any part thereof.
(Ord. 318. Passed 2-4-08.)