For the purpose of this code of ordinances, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNCIL. The legislative authority of the municipality.
COUNTY. Marion County, West Virginia.
LAND or LANDS and REAL ESTATE or REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein except chattel interests.
LAWS OF THE STATE. Includes the Constitution of the State and the Constitution of the United States, and treaties and laws made in pursuance thereof.
(W. Va. Code § 2-2-10)
MUNICIPALITY or TOWN. The Town of White Hall, West Virginia.
OFFENSE. Includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law.
(W. Va. Code § 2-2-10)
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
PERSON or WHOEVER. Includes corporations, societies, associations, and partnerships.
PERSONAL ESTATE or PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes goods, chattels, real and personal, money, credits, investments, and the evidences thereof.
PRECEDING, SUCCEEDING, or FOLLOWING. When used in reference to any section or sections of a division means next preceding, next succeeding, or next following that in which such reference is made.
(W. Va. Code § 2-2-10)
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and building.
PROPERTY or ESTATE. Embraces both real and personal estate.
(W. Va. Code § 2-2-10)
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail.
STATE. The State of West Virginia or any department, division, commission, board, educational, or other institution of the state.
STREET. Includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, highways, viaducts, and all other public thoroughfares within the municipality.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises alone or with others.
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. Includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. But when the signature of any person is required, it must be in his or her own proper handwriting, or his or her mark, attested, proved, or acknowledged. Provided, that unless a provision of this code specifically provides otherwise, an electronic signature satisfies this signature requirement if the electronic signature meets the requirements of W. Va. Code § 39A-1-2.
(W. Va. Code § 2-2-10)