CHAPTER 5
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Sections:
1-5-102 Rules of Construction.
1-5-101 Definitions.
In the construction of this Code and all ordinances which amend any portion thereof, the following words and terms shall have the meaning herein ascribed to them, unless such definition is inconsistent with the manifest intent or contrary to the context of the ordinance:
(1) The word “City” shall mean Springville.
(2) The word “Code,” unless otherwise specifically stated, shall mean the City Code of Springville, Utah, 1979.
(3) The word “municipality,” unless otherwise indicated, shall mean the City of Springville.
(4) The word “oath” shall include an affirmation in all cases in which by law an affirmation may be submitted for an oath, and in such cases the word “swear” and “sworn” shall be equivalent to the words “affirm” and “affirmed.”
(5) The term “occupant” applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land whether alone or with others.
(6) The word “offense” shall mean any act forbidden by any provision of this Code or the omission of any act required by the provisions of this Code.
(7) Officers, departments, commissions, boards, councils, and employees, when referred to in this Code, shall mean officers, departments, commissions, boards, councils, and employees of the City of Springville, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(8) The word “owner” applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant-in-common, joint tenant or lessee of the whole or of any part of such building or land.
(9) The word “person” shall include any firm, corporation, association, partnership, or any other form of association or organization.
(10) The word “property” shall include both real and personal property.
(11) The word “street” shall include all roads, alleys, lanes, highways, courts, places, squares, trails, bridges, and sidewalks laid out or erected as such by the public, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or otherwise made public by any means whatsoever.
(1968 Code 1-5-1; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 1-5-1)
1-5-102 Rules of Construction.
In the construction of this Code and all ordinances amending any part thereof, the following rules shall apply, except where such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent or contrary to the context of the ordinance:
(1) When any subject matter, party, or person is described or referred to by words importing the masculine, the feminine as well as the masculine, and associations and bodies, as well as individuals, shall be deemed to be included.
(2) The singular number shall include the plural and vice versa.
(3) The word “shall” is mandatory and not merely directory.
(4) The present tense shall include the future tense, and the future tense shall include the present tense.
(5) The time in which an act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last is a holiday or a Sunday, and then it is also excluded. Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, which day falls upon a holiday, such act may be performed upon the next succeeding business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed. In all cases where any ordinance shall require any act to be done in a reasonable time or reasonable notice to be given, such reasonable time or notice shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of such duty or compliance with such notice.
(1968 Code 1-5-2; 1979 Code 1-5-2)