1.02.180 General rules of construction.

(1)    This section shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

(2)    With the exception of Sections 1, 2, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 hereof, the provisions of Ordinance No. 1976-09-57 shall be construed as directory and not mandatory; failure to comply with this chapter in the drafting, enactment, amendment or repeal of a document, or any part thereof, shall not affect the legality or validity of the document adopted or the action taken.

(3)    Any document passed which prescribes general and permanent laws, and which is intended for inclusion in the Clark County Code, shall be construed as a part of said code although not yet codified, and said documents and code, together, shall be considered to be the code of Clark County adopted under the authority of this section.

(4)    Words used in the Clark County Code referring or using the masculine gender may be extended to any gender. (Sec. 19, Ord. No. 1976-09-57; amended by Sec. 11 of Ord. 2018-12-15)