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In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances, the
following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would
be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City council or unless
such construction would be inconsistent with the definition included
within a specific chapter as outlined hereinafter:
- CITY
- The term "City" means the City of Belfast, Maine, and shall
extend to and include its several officers, agents and employees.
- CITY BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DEPARTMENTS,
ETC.
- Whenever reference is made to a board, committee, commission,
officer, employee or department, etc., it shall mean the same as if
it were followed by the words "of the City of Belfast, Maine."
- CITY COUNCIL
- The term "City council" means the City council of the City
of Belfast.
- CODE
- The term "Code" means the Code of Ordinances, City of Belfast,
Maine.
- COMPUTATION OF TIME
- In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by
this Code, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated
period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of
the period so computed shall be included unless it is a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until
the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, a Sunday nor
a legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is
less than seven days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays
shall be excluded in the computation.
- COUNTY
- The term "county" means the County of Waldo, Maine.
- DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
- Whenever a provision appears requiring the head of a department
or some other City officer or employee to do some act or perform some
duty, it shall be construed to authorize the head of the department
or other officer or employee to designate, delegate and authorize
subordinates to perform the required act or perform the duty unless
the terms of the provision or section specify otherwise.
- GENDER
- A word importing either the masculine or feminine gender
shall extend and be applied to both the masculine and feminine genders,
and to firms, partnerships and corporations.
- JOINT AUTHORITY
- Words purporting to give authority to three or more officers
or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a
majority of such officers or other persons, unless it is otherwise
declared.
- KEEPER, PROPRIETOR
- The terms "keeper" and "proprietor" mean and include persons,
firms, associations, corporations, clubs and copartnerships, whether
acting by themselves or through a servant, agent or employee.
- M.R.S.A.
- The abbreviation "M.R.S.A." means the latest edition or supplement
of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated.
- MONTH
- The term "month" means a calendar month.
- MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
- The term "municipal officer" means the City council of Belfast,
Maine.
- MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL
- The term "municipal official" means any elected or appointed
member of the City.
- NUMBER
- A word importing the singular may extend and be applied to
the plural, and vice versa.
- OATH
- The term "oath" shall include an affirmation in all cases
in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and
in such cases the terms "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to
the terms "affirm" and "affirmed."
- OR, AND
- The word "and" may be read "or," and "or" may be read "and,"
if the sense requires it.
- OWNER
- The term "owner," applied to a building or land, includes
any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership,
joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or of a part
of such building or land.
- PERSON
- The term "person" shall extend and be applied to associations,
clubs, societies, firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate
as well as to individuals.
- PERSONAL PROPERTY
- The term "personal property" includes every kind of property,
tangible and intangible, except real property.
- PROPERTY
- The term "property" includes real, personal and mixed property.
- PUBLIC PROPERTY
- The term "public property" means property owned by the City
and any place subject to the primary control of any public agency,
including but not limited to any park, street, public way, cemetery,
schoolyard or adjacent open space and any lake or stream.
- REAL PROPERTY
- The term "real property" includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
- SIDEWALK
- The term "sidewalk" means any portion of a street between
the curbline and the adjacent property line, intended for the use
of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
- SIGNATURE, SUBSCRIPTION
- The term "signature" or "subscription" includes a mark when
the person cannot write.
- STATE
- The term "state" means the State of Maine.
- STREET, CITY WAY OR PUBLIC WAY
- The term "street" includes streets, highways, avenues, boulevards,
roads, City ways, lanes, bridges, and all other public ways dedicated
to public use and shall mean the entire width between abutting property
lines. It shall be construed to include a sidewalk or footpath, unless
the contrary is expressed or unless such construction would be inconsistent
with the manifest intent of the City council.
- TENANT, OCCUPANT
- The terms "tenant" and "occupant," applied to a building
or land, include any person holding a written or oral lease of, or
who occupies the whole or part of, such building or land, either alone
or with others.
- TENSE
- Words used in the past or present tense include the future
as well as the past and present.
- WEEK
- The term "week" means seven days.
- WRITTEN, IN WRITING
- The terms "written" and "in writing" include any representation
of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
- YEAR
- The term "year" means a calendar year.
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