Ordinance 291-74 - Laserfiche WebLink

(14) "Preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively. (15) "Property" includes real and personal property. (16) "Real property" includes lands , tenements and heredi- taments . (17) "Improved sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians . (18) "State" means the State of Washington. (19) "Street" includes all streets , highways , avenues , lanes , alleys , courts , places , squares , curbs , or other public ways in this City which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of this state. (20) "Tenant" and "occupant, " applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others . (21) Title of Office : Use of the title of any officer, employee, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the City. (22) "Written" includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed or multigraphed. (23) "Year" means a calendar year. (24) 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. (25) When an act is required by an ordinance the same being such that it may be done as well by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed as to include all such acts performed by an authorized agent. Section 2 : Grammatical interpretation. The following grammatical rules shall apply in the ordinances of the City of Everett, Washington. (1) Gender. The masculine gender includes the femine and neuter genders . (2) Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. (3) Tenses . Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable. (4) Use of Words and Phrases. Words and phrases not specifi- cally defined shallbe construed according to the context and approved usage of the language. Section 3 : Prohibited acts include causing, permitting, etc. Whenever in the ordinances of the City of Everett, any act or ommission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission.