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Article 1-3
DEFINITIONSSections:
1-3-1 General Rule Regarding Definitions
1-3-2 Acts by Agents
1-3-3 And, Or
1-3-4 Code
1-3-5 Council
1-3-6 County
1-3-7 Day
1-3-8 Daytime, Nighttime
1-3-9 Department, Board, Commission, Office, Officer or Employee
1-3-10 Gender; Singular and Plural
1-3-11 Heretofore and Hereafter
1-3-12 In the Town
1-3-13 Joint Authority
1-3-14 Keeper, Proprietor
1-3-15 Mayor
1-3-16 Month
1-3-17 Oath
1-3-18 Owner
1-3-19 Person
1-3-20 Personal Property
1-3-21 Preceding, Following
1-3-22 Property
1-3-23 Public Place
1-3-24 Real Property
1-3-25 Shall, May
1-3-26 Shall Have Been
1-3-27 Signature or Subscription by Mark
1-3-28 State
1-3-29 Tenant or Occupant
1-3-30 Tenses
1-3-31 Time--Computation
1-3-32 Time--Reasonable
1-3-33 Town
1-3-34 Week
1-3-35 Writing
1-3-36 Year
1-3-1 General Rule Regarding Definitions
All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
1-3-2 Acts by Agents
When an act is required to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.
1-3-3 And, Or
"And" may be read "or" and "or" may be read "and" if the sense requires it.
1-3-4 Code
The words "the code" or "this code" shall mean "The Code of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona," unless the context indicates otherwise.
1-3-5 Council
Whenever the word "council" is used, it shall be construed to mean the common council of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona.
1-3-6 County
"County" means Pima County, Arizona, except as otherwise provided.
1-3-7 Day
A "day" is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
1-3-8 Daytime, Nighttime
"Daytime" is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. "Nighttime" is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.
1-3-9 Department, Board, Commission, Office, Officer or Employee
Whenever any "department, board, commission, office, officer or employee" is referred to, it shall mean a department, board, commission, office, officer or employee of the town unless the context clearly indicates otherwise; and the prescribing of any duty or power of an officer by title shall include his duly authorized representatives.
1-3-10 Gender; Singular and Plural
Words of the masculine gender include the feminine; words in the singular number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular.
1-3-11 Heretofore and Hereafter
Whenever the word "heretofore" occurs in any ordinance or this code it shall be construed to mean any time previous to the date when such ordinance shall take effect; and whenever the word "hereafter" occurs it shall be construed to mean the time after the ordinance containing such word shall take effect.
1-3-12 In the Town
The words "in the town" or "within the town" shall mean and include all territory over which the town now has, or shall hereafter acquire, jurisdiction for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers.
1-3-13 Joint Authority
All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more town officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority.
1-3-14 Keeper, Proprietor
"Keeper, proprietor" includes persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs and copartnerships, whether acting by themselves or through a servant, agent or employee.
1-3-15 Mayor
"Mayor" means the mayor of the Town of Oro Valley unless otherwise specifically designated.
1-3-16 Month
The word "month" shall mean a calendar month.
1-3-17 Oath
"Oath" includes affirmation or declaration in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
1-3-18 Owner
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 part of such building or land.
1-3-19 Person
The word "person" shall extend and be applied to firms, corporations or voluntary associations, as well as to individuals, unless plainly inapplicable.
1-3-20 Personal Property
"Personal property" includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this article.
1-3-21 Preceding, Following
The words "preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively.
1-3-22 Property
The word "property" shall include real and personal property.
1-3-23 Public Place
"Public place" means any streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings not privately owned or controlled.
1-3-24 Real Property
"Real property" shall include lands, tenements and hereditaments.
1-3-25 Shall, May
"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
1-3-26 Shall Have Been
The words "shall have been" include past and future cases.
1-3-27 Signature or Subscription by Mark
"Signature" or "subscription" includes a mark when the signer cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
1-3-28 State
The words "the state" shall be construed to mean the State of Arizona.
1-3-29 Tenant or Occupant
The word "tenant" or "occupant" applied to a building or land shall include any person holding a written or an oral lease of such building or land or any person who occupies the whole or part of such building or land, either alone or with others.
1-3-30 Tenses
The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.
1-3-31 Time--Computation
The time within which an act is to be done as provided in this code or in any order issued pursuant to any ordinance, when expressed in days, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, except that if the last day is a Sunday or holiday it shall be excluded; and when such time is expressed in hours, the whole of Sunday or a holiday, from midnight to midnight, shall be excluded.
1-3-32 Time--Reasonable
In all cases where any section of this code 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.
1-3-33 Town
"Town" means the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona, in the County of Pima, State of Arizona, except as otherwise provided.
1-3-34 Week
A "week" consists of seven consecutive days.
1-3-35 Writing
"Writing" includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.
1-3-36 Year
The word "year" shall mean a calendar year, except where otherwise provided.
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