For the purposes of the chapter, words and terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows.
(A) Words used in the present tense include the future.
(B) The singular includes the plural.
(C) The plural includes the singular.
(D) The word “person” includes a corporation, unincorporated association or a partnership as well as the individual.
(E) The word “lot” includes the word “plot” or “parcel”.
(F) The term “shall” is always mandatory.
(G) The word “building” includes the word “structure” and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “or part thereof.
(H) The word “street” means a way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a court, boulevard, avenue, expressway, highway, lane and road, or however otherwise designated.
(I) The word “watercourse” includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring and stream.
(1986 Code, § 1305.02) (Ord. passed 1-28-1991)