Chapter 2
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
12-2.01 General law.
The words “general law”, or the word “act”, or the reference to any law or act by its title shall mean an enactment of the legislature of the State. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code, such law shall be as now or hereafter amended or codified at the time of adopting the resolution of intention in the proceedings.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.02 Street.
“Street” shall mean and include avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, and courts which have been dedicated and accepted according to law, or which have been in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than five (5) years next preceding, or which have been dedicated to a semipublic use.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M. eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.03 Lot.
“Lot”, “land”, “piece”, or “parcel of land”, whether used singly or in combination, shall mean and include property owned or controlled by any person.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.04 Block.
“Block” whether it be a regular or irregular block, shall mean a parcel larger than a lot which is bounded by a street or a boundary line of some other parcel which is not a part of it.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.05 Code.
“Code”, unless otherwise indicated, shall mean the provisions of Chapters 1 through 17 of this title.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.06 Quarter block.
“Quarter block”, when used with reference to an irregular block, shall mean and include all lots or portions of lots having any frontage on either intersecting street halfway from such intersection to the next street or, if no street intervenes, to a boundary line of some other parcel which is not part of that block.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.07 Place.
“Place” shall mean and include any public street, alley, or easement or other public property which has been dedicated and accepted or is otherwise publicly owned according to law, or which has been in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than five (5) years next preceding, or which is sought to be acquired in any proceeding undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this Code, or which is sought to be acquired in conjunction with any proceeding undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this Code.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.08 Parking place.
“Parking place” shall mean and include a parking lot, garage, or subsurface structure, including the grading, paving, drainage, sewering, lighting, or otherwise improving of such lot, and buildings and improvements necessary or convenient for the parking of motor vehicles, including parking meters and other equipment and the facilities necessary or convenient therefor, together with the provisions necessary or convenient for ingress to and egress from such places.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.09 Paved.
“Paved” or “repaved” shall mean and include pavement of any commonly used paving material.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.10 Contractor.
“Contractor” shall mean the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, or business trust, and shall include contracting owners or their agents, to whom a contract for the performance of any work authorized is awarded.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.11 Owner.
“Owner” shall mean the person owning the fee, or the person in whose name the legal title to the property appears, by deed duly recorded in the County Recorder’s office of the County in which the property is situated, or the person in possession of the property or buildings under claim of ownership or exercising acts of ownership over such property for himself, or as life tenant, or as the executor, administrator, or guardian of the owner. If the property is leased, the possession of the tenant or lessee holding and occupying such property shall be deemed to be the possession of the owner.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.12 Acquisition.
The words “acquisition” and “improvement” when used, referring to that which is done, which is to be done, or which may be done under proceedings held pursuant to the provisions of this Code, shall he understood to be generic, and as being employed for the purpose of brevity and to avoid repetition, and shall refer to and include any or all of the things comprehended in the meaning of the words acquire and improve herein.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.13 Work.
“Work” or “improvement”, whether used singly or in combination, shall mean and include any work which is authorized to be done or any improvement which is authorized to be made under this Code, as well as the construction, reconstruction, and repair of all or part of any such work or improvement.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)
12-2.14 Project.
“Project or improvement”, when used in the generic sense, shall mean the acquisition and/or improvement undertaken in a singular proceeding.
(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)