New Franklin Definitions and Rules of Construction ordinance (§ 100.080)

A. In the construction of this Code and of all other ordinances of the City, the following definitions shall be observed, unless it shall be otherwise expressly provided in any Section or ordinance, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Board of Aldermen, or unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

BOARD OF ALDERMEN: The Board of Aldermen of the City of New Franklin, Missouri.

CERTIFIED MAIL OR CERTIFIED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED: Includes certified mail carried by the United States Postal Service or any parcel or letter carried by an overnight, express or ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to electronically track its location and provides record of the signature of the recipient.

CITY: The words "the City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean the City of New Franklin, Missouri.

COUNTY: The words "the County" or "this County" or "County" shall mean the County of Howard, Missouri.

DAY: A day of twenty-four (24) hours beginning at 12:00 Midnight.

MAY: Is permissive.

MAYOR: An officer of the City known as the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New Franklin, Missouri.

MONTH: A calendar month.

OATH: Includes an affirmation in all cases in which 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".

OFFENSE: Shall mean and be the same as ordinance violation and is punishable as provided in Section 100.220 of this Code.

OWNER: The word "owner", as applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such building or land.

PERSON: May extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations.

PERSONAL PROPERTY: Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.

PRECEDING, FOLLOWING: When used by way of reference to any Section of this Code, shall mean the Section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other Section is expressly designated in the reference.

PROPERTY: Includes real and personal property.

PUBLIC WAY: Includes any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk or other public thoroughfare.

REAL PROPERTY: The terms "real property", "premises", "real estate" or "lands" shall be deemed to be co-extensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.

SHALL: Is mandatory.

SIDEWALK: That portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line which is intended for the use of pedestrians.

STATE: The words "the State" or "this State" or "State" shall mean the State of Missouri.

STREET: Includes any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include all of them.

TENANT, OCCUPANT: The words "tenant" or "occupant", applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.

WRITTEN, IN WRITING AND WRITING WORD FOR WORD: Includes printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters, but in all cases where the signature of any person is required, the proper handwriting of the person, or his/her mark, is intended.

YEAR: A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord".

B. Newspaper. Whenever in this Code or other ordinance of the City it is required that notice be published in the "official newspaper" or a "newspaper of general circulation published in the City", and if there is no newspaper published within the City, the said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, regardless of its place of publication. Such newspaper shall not include an advertising circular or other medium for which no subscription list is maintained.